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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/vmalloc.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/vmalloc.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h index b4c58a191eb1..a4b241102771 100644 --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h @@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ struct notifier_block; /* in notifier.h */ #define VM_UNINITIALIZED 0x00000020 /* vm_struct is not fully initialized */ #define VM_NO_GUARD 0x00000040 /* don't add guard page */ #define VM_KASAN 0x00000080 /* has allocated kasan shadow memory */ + +/* + * VM_KASAN is used slighly differently depending on CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC. + * + * If IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC), VM_KASAN is set on a vm_struct after + * shadow memory has been mapped. It's used to handle allocation errors so that + * we don't try to poision shadow on free if it was never allocated. + * + * Otherwise, VM_KASAN is set for kasan_module_alloc() allocations and used to + * determine which allocations need the module shadow freed. + */ + /* * Memory with VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS cannot be freed in an interrupt or with * vfree_atomic(). |