Re: [PATCH v5 14/15] mm/kasan: add document into kernel-parameters.txt
From: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com>
Date: 2026-03-12 12:53:45
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Hi Baoquan, On 2026-02-25 2:14 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
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And also remove the relevant description in dev-tools/kasan.rst which is hw_tags specificially. Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <redacted> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 2 -- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index cb850e5290c2..e0115fad9e60 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt@@ -2899,6 +2899,10 @@ Kernel parameters js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst. + kasan= [KNL] controls whether KASAN is enabled. + Format: off | on + default: on + kasan_multi_shot [KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print report on every invalid memory access. Without thisdiff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index a034700da7c4..eaae83fcb5e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode is intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore, it supports additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN altogether or controlling its features:
The sentence above is now incorrect as well. I would recommend documenting the parameter earlier in the "Boot parameters" section instead of removing it from this document entirely. Regards, Samuel
-- ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). - - ``kasan.mode=sync``, ``=async`` or ``=asymm`` controls whether KASAN is configured in synchronous, asynchronous or asymmetric mode of execution (default: ``sync``).