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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 21dc03bc10a4..8089c559d339 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -194,14 +194,17 @@ additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features: - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``). -- ``kasan.mode=sync`` or ``=async`` controls whether KASAN is configured in - synchronous or asynchronous mode of execution (default: ``sync``). +- ``kasan.mode=sync``, ``=async`` or ``=asymm`` controls whether KASAN + is configured in synchronous, asynchronous or asymmetric mode of + execution (default: ``sync``). Synchronous mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag check fault occurs. Asynchronous mode: a bad access detection is delayed. When a tag check fault occurs, the information is stored in hardware (in the TFSR_EL1 register for arm64). The kernel periodically checks the hardware and only reports tag faults during these checks. + Asymmetric mode: a bad access is detected synchronously on reads and + asynchronously on writes. - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack traces collection (default: ``on``). |