1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 config HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE
7 bool "KFENCE: low-overhead sampling-based memory safety error detector"
8 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE && (SLAB || SLUB)
12 KFENCE is a low-overhead sampling-based detector of heap out-of-bounds
13 access, use-after-free, and invalid-free errors. KFENCE is designed
14 to have negligible cost to permit enabling it in production
17 See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst> for more details.
19 Note that, KFENCE is not a substitute for explicit testing with tools
20 such as KASAN. KFENCE can detect a subset of bugs that KASAN can
21 detect, albeit at very different performance profiles. If you can
22 afford to use KASAN, continue using KASAN, for example in test
23 environments. If your kernel targets production use, and cannot
24 enable KASAN due to its cost, consider using KFENCE.
28 config KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL
29 int "Default sample interval in milliseconds"
32 The KFENCE sample interval determines the frequency with which heap
33 allocations will be guarded by KFENCE. May be overridden via boot
34 parameter "kfence.sample_interval".
36 Set this to 0 to disable KFENCE by default, in which case only
37 setting "kfence.sample_interval" to a non-zero value enables KFENCE.
39 config KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS
40 int "Number of guarded objects available"
44 The number of guarded objects available. For each KFENCE object, 2
45 pages are required; with one containing the object and two adjacent
46 ones used as guard pages.
48 config KFENCE_STATIC_KEYS
49 bool "Use static keys to set up allocations" if EXPERT
52 Use static keys (static branches) to set up KFENCE allocations. This
53 option is only recommended when using very large sample intervals, or
54 performance has carefully been evaluated with this option.
56 Using static keys comes with trade-offs that need to be carefully
57 evaluated given target workloads and system architectures. Notably,
58 enabling and disabling static keys invoke IPI broadcasts, the latency
59 and impact of which is much harder to predict than a dynamic branch.
61 Say N if you are unsure.
63 config KFENCE_STRESS_TEST_FAULTS
64 int "Stress testing of fault handling and error reporting" if EXPERT
67 The inverse probability with which to randomly protect KFENCE object
68 pages, resulting in spurious use-after-frees. The main purpose of
69 this option is to stress test KFENCE with concurrent error reports
70 and allocations/frees. A value of 0 disables stress testing logic.
72 Only for KFENCE testing; set to 0 if you are not a KFENCE developer.
74 config KFENCE_KUNIT_TEST
75 tristate "KFENCE integration test suite" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
76 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
77 depends on TRACEPOINTS && KUNIT
79 Test suite for KFENCE, testing various error detection scenarios with
80 various allocation types, and checking that reports are correctly
83 Say Y here if you want the test to be built into the kernel and run
84 during boot; say M if you want the test to build as a module; say N