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_STATIC_KEYS
29 bool "Use static keys to set up allocations"
31 depends on JUMP_LABEL # To ensure performance, require jump labels
33 Use static keys (static branches) to set up KFENCE allocations. Using
34 static keys is normally recommended, because it avoids a dynamic
35 branch in the allocator's fast path. However, with very low sample
36 intervals, or on systems that do not support jump labels, a dynamic
37 branch may still be an acceptable performance trade-off.
39 config KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL
40 int "Default sample interval in milliseconds"
43 The KFENCE sample interval determines the frequency with which heap
44 allocations will be guarded by KFENCE. May be overridden via boot
45 parameter "kfence.sample_interval".
47 Set this to 0 to disable KFENCE by default, in which case only
48 setting "kfence.sample_interval" to a non-zero value enables KFENCE.
50 config KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS
51 int "Number of guarded objects available"
55 The number of guarded objects available. For each KFENCE object, 2
56 pages are required; with one containing the object and two adjacent
57 ones used as guard pages.
59 config KFENCE_STRESS_TEST_FAULTS
60 int "Stress testing of fault handling and error reporting" if EXPERT
63 The inverse probability with which to randomly protect KFENCE object
64 pages, resulting in spurious use-after-frees. The main purpose of
65 this option is to stress test KFENCE with concurrent error reports
66 and allocations/frees. A value of 0 disables stress testing logic.
68 Only for KFENCE testing; set to 0 if you are not a KFENCE developer.
70 config KFENCE_KUNIT_TEST
71 tristate "KFENCE integration test suite" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
72 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
73 depends on TRACEPOINTS && KUNIT
75 Test suite for KFENCE, testing various error detection scenarios with
76 various allocation types, and checking that reports are correctly
79 Say Y here if you want the test to be built into the kernel and run
80 during boot; say M if you want the test to build as a module; say N