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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index ddf4239a5890..6f6ab3ed7b79 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ particular KASAN 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``). + 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. + - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack traces collection (default: ``on``). |