diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 0d2cb74ee05d0acbb4c65dccbf1f1fd01be4fed6..d3f335ffc7517d073157feb69ae8ce35f6e71c12 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -420,19 +420,20 @@ saving and restoring the per-page KASAN tag via Tests ~~~~~ -KASAN tests consist of two parts: +There are KASAN tests that allow verifying that KASAN works and can detect +certain types of memory corruptions. The tests consist of two parts: 1. Tests that are integrated with the KUnit Test Framework. Enabled with ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST``. These tests can be run and partially verified -automatically in a few different ways, see the instructions below. +automatically in a few different ways; see the instructions below. 2. Tests that are currently incompatible with KUnit. Enabled with ``CONFIG_KASAN_MODULE_TEST`` and can only be run as a module. These tests can -only be verified manually, by loading the kernel module and inspecting the +only be verified manually by loading the kernel module and inspecting the kernel log for KASAN reports. -Each KUnit-compatible KASAN test prints a KASAN report if an error is detected. -Then the test prints its number and status. +Each KUnit-compatible KASAN test prints one of multiple KASAN reports if an +error is detected. Then the test prints its number and status. When a test passes:: @@ -460,27 +461,24 @@ Or, if one of the tests failed:: not ok 1 - kasan - There are a few ways to run KUnit-compatible KASAN tests. 1. Loadable module -With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` enabled, ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` can be built as -a loadable module and run on any architecture that supports KASAN by loading -the module with insmod or modprobe. The module is called ``test_kasan``. + With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` enabled, KASAN-KUnit tests can be built as a loadable + module and run by loading ``test_kasan.ko`` with ``insmod`` or ``modprobe``. 2. Built-In -With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` built-in, ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` can be built-in -on any architecure that supports KASAN. These and any other KUnit tests enabled -will run and print the results at boot as a late-init call. + With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` built-in, KASAN-KUnit tests can be built-in as well. + In this case, the tests will run at boot as a late-init call. 3. Using kunit_tool -With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` and ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` built-in, it's also -possible use ``kunit_tool`` to see the results of these and other KUnit tests -in a more readable way. This will not print the KASAN reports of the tests that -passed. Use `KUnit documentation `_ -for more up-to-date information on ``kunit_tool``. + With ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` and ``CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST`` built-in, it is also + possible to use ``kunit_tool`` to see the results of KUnit tests in a more + readable way. This will not print the KASAN reports of the tests that passed. + See `KUnit documentation `_ + for more up-to-date information on ``kunit_tool``. .. _KUnit: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kunit/index.html