[RFC PATCH 2/4] kcsan: add debugfs target control
From: Hui Su
Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 05:53:34 EST
Expose targeted sampling through the KCSAN debugfs file. Accept address
and kallsyms targets, including module:symbol names, and allow sampling
to be disabled with target=off.
Use KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN for the input buffer so documented module symbols fit,
and return -E2BIG for oversized writes.
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kcsan/debugfs.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/debugfs.c b/kernel/kcsan/debugfs.c
index 2af39ba5b70b..47becde9f1ae 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/debugfs.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/debugfs.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static ssize_t insert_report_filterlist(const char *func)
static int show_info(struct seq_file *file, void *v)
{
int i;
+ unsigned long target;
unsigned long flags;
/* show stats */
@@ -199,6 +200,12 @@ static int show_info(struct seq_file *file, void *v)
seq_printf(file, "%s: %ld\n", counter_names[i],
atomic_long_read(&kcsan_counters[i]));
}
+ target = kcsan_target_get();
+ if (target)
+ seq_printf(file, "\ntarget: %pK (%pS)\n", (void *)target,
+ (void *)target);
+ else
+ seq_puts(file, "\ntarget: none\n");
/* show filter functions, and filter type */
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&report_filterlist_lock, flags);
@@ -220,10 +227,13 @@ static int debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static ssize_t
debugfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
{
- char kbuf[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ char kbuf[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN + sizeof("target=")];
char *arg;
const size_t read_len = min(count, sizeof(kbuf) - 1);
+ if (count > sizeof(kbuf) - 1)
+ return -E2BIG;
+
if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, read_len))
return -EFAULT;
kbuf[read_len] = '\0';
@@ -239,6 +249,22 @@ debugfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *o
if (kstrtoul(&arg[strlen("microbench=")], 0, &iters))
return -EINVAL;
microbenchmark(iters);
+ } else if (str_has_prefix(arg, "target=")) {
+ char *target = &arg[strlen("target=")];
+ unsigned long addr;
+
+ if (!strcmp(target, "off")) {
+ kcsan_target_set(0);
+ } else if (!kstrtoul(target, 0, &addr)) {
+ if (!addr)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ kcsan_target_set(addr);
+ } else {
+ addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(target);
+ if (!addr)
+ return -ENOENT;
+ kcsan_target_set(addr);
+ }
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "whitelist")) {
set_report_filterlist_whitelist(true);
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "blacklist")) {
--
2.55.0