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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-08-07 15:35:42 -0600 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-08-18 17:41:51 -0600 |
| commit | 1ead009cd622bc4c3c2cf1036d8e71d7f063838e (patch) | |
| tree | 140ef5dfe5d551362f67de82028bad67d7937871 | |
| parent | 2757aafad9ee7b8740042e5540b59422337344ab (diff) | |
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docs: sphinxify ubsan.txt and move it to dev-tools
Acked-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst (renamed from Documentation/ubsan.txt) | 42 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst index 0500e6500255..2d1129789753 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ whole; patches welcome! kcov gcov kasan + ubsan diff --git a/Documentation/ubsan.txt b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst index f58215ef5797..655e6b63c227 100644 --- a/Documentation/ubsan.txt +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -Undefined Behavior Sanitizer - UBSAN - -Overview --------- +The Undefined Behavior Sanitizer - UBSAN +======================================== UBSAN is a runtime undefined behaviour checker. @@ -10,11 +8,13 @@ Compiler inserts code that perform certain kinds of checks before operations that may cause UB. If check fails (i.e. UB detected) __ubsan_handle_* function called to print error message. -GCC has that feature since 4.9.x [1] (see -fsanitize=undefined option and -its suboptions). GCC 5.x has more checkers implemented [2]. +GCC has that feature since 4.9.x [1_] (see ``-fsanitize=undefined`` option and +its suboptions). GCC 5.x has more checkers implemented [2_]. Report example ---------------- +-------------- + +:: ================================================================================ UBSAN: Undefined behaviour in ../include/linux/bitops.h:110:33 @@ -47,29 +47,33 @@ Report example Usage ----- -To enable UBSAN configure kernel with: +To enable UBSAN configure kernel with:: CONFIG_UBSAN=y -and to check the entire kernel: +and to check the entire kernel:: CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y To enable instrumentation for specific files or directories, add a line similar to the following to the respective kernel Makefile: - For a single file (e.g. main.o): - UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y +- For a single file (e.g. main.o):: + + UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y - For all files in one directory: - UBSAN_SANITIZE := y +- For all files in one directory:: + + UBSAN_SANITIZE := y To exclude files from being instrumented even if -CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y, use: +``CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y``, use:: + + UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := n + +and:: - UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := n - and: - UBSAN_SANITIZE := n + UBSAN_SANITIZE := n Detection of unaligned accesses controlled through the separate option - CONFIG_UBSAN_ALIGNMENT. It's off by default on architectures that support @@ -80,5 +84,5 @@ reports. References ---------- -[1] - https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.0/gcc/Debugging-Options.html -[2] - https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Debugging-Options.html +.. _1: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.9.0/gcc/Debugging-Options.html +.. _2: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Debugging-Options.html |
