Re: kern/60882: KASAN/KUBSAN massively bloat the kernel

["Nick Hudson via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/60882; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
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Subject: Re: kern/60882: KASAN/KUBSAN massively bloat the kernel
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:50:49 +0100

 On 15/10/2026 14:35, nia%pkgsrc.org@localhost via gnats wrote:
 [snip]
 
 >> Description:
 > KUBSAN/KASAN seem to be producing massive amounts of kernel bloat,
 > resulting in kernel sizes that approach 200MB.
 >=20
 > This impedes debugging and finding bugs because a kernel that is 100MB+
 > is a struggle for the bootloader and in some cases doesn't even load.
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > Build a kernel with the following configuration, e.g. for amd64:
 Really don't think this is a bug - it's just a function of the sanitizers
 
 https://godbolt.org/z/rzsErsK7E