From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on arm64 can be placed
anywhere in vmalloc address space and currently this is implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec() in arm64.
Define EXECMEM_KPROBES and EXECMEM_BPF range
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on arm64 can be placed
anywhere in vmalloc address space and currently this is implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec() in arm64.
Define EXECMEM_KPROBES and EXECMEM_BPF range
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becomes identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becomes identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Hi,
The patches are also available in git:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/linux.git/log/?h=execmem/v6
v6 changes:
* restore patch "arm64: extend execmem_info for generated code
allocations" that disappeared in v5 reb
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Hi,
The patches are also available in git:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/linux.git/log/?h=execmem/v6
v6 changes:
* restore patch "arm64: extend execmem_info for generated code
allocations" that disappeared in v5 reb
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 06:35:03PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the modules tree, today's linux-next boot (powerpc
> pseries_le_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x0030
> Faulting instruction address: 0xc057a4ec
>
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becames identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becames identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
(something went wrong with the prevois posting, sorry for the noise)
Hi,
Since v3 I looked into making execmem more of an utility toolbox, as we
discussed at LPC with Mark Rutland, but it was getting more hairier than
having a struct describing ar
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
(something went wrong with the prevois posting, sorry for the noise)
Hi,
Since v3 I looked into making execmem more of an utility toolbox, as we
discussed at LPC with Mark Rutland, but it was getting more hairier than
having a struct describing ar
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.
Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes insi
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
There are places where CONFIG_MODULES guards the code that depends on
memory allocation being done with module_alloc().
Replace CONFIG_MODULES with CONFIG_EXECMEM in such places.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Dynamic ftrace must allocate memory for code and this was impossible
without CONFIG_MODULES.
With execmem separated from the modules code, execmem_text_alloc() is
available regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
Remove dependency of dynamic ftrace on CONFIG_MODULE
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
execmem does not depend on modules, on the contrary modules use
execmem.
To make execmem available when CONFIG_MODULES=n, for instance for
kprobes, split execmem_params initialization out from
arch/*/kernel/module.c and compile it when CONFIG_EXECMEM=y
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
As po
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
The memory allocations for kprobes and BPF on RISC-V are not placed in
the modules area and these custom allocations are implemented with
overrides of alloc_insn_page() and bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
Slightly reorder execmem_params initialization to suppo
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
module_alloc() by architectures.
This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
allocatio
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Several architectures override module_alloc() only to define address
range for code allocations different than VMALLOC address space.
Provide a generic implementation in execmem that uses the parameters for
address space ranges, required alignmen
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
puts the burden of code
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Move the logic related to the memory allocation and freeing into
module_memory_alloc() and module_memory_free().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
kernel/module/main.c | 64 +++-
1 file changed, 39 inserti
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becames identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Define MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END as VMALLOC_START and VMALLOC_END
for 32-bit and reduce module_alloc() to
__vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, ...)
as with the new defines the allocations becames identical for both 32
a
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
nios2 uses kmalloc() to implement module_alloc() because CALL26/PCREL26
cannot reach all of vmalloc address space.
Define module space as 32MiB below the kernel base and switch nios2 to
use vmalloc for module allocations.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleix
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
and MODULE_END to MODULES_END to match other architectures that define
custom address space for modules.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM)
---
arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 4 ++--
arch/mips/kernel/module.c | 4 ++--
arch/mips/
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Since commit f6f37d9320a1 ("arm64: select KASAN_VMALLOC for SW/HW_TAGS
modes") KASAN_VMALLOC is always enabled when KASAN is on. This means
that allocations in module_alloc() will be tracked by KASAN protection
for vmalloc() and that kasan
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Hi,
Since v3 I looked into making execmem more of an utility toolbox, as we
discussed at LPC with Mark Rutland, but it was getting more hairier than
having a struct describing architecture constraints and a type identifying
the consumer of execmem.
And
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)"
Hi,
Since v3 I looked into making execmem more of an utility toolbox, as we
discussed at LPC with Mark Rutland, but it was getting more hairier than
having a struct describing architecture constraints and a type identifying
the consumer of execmem.
And
On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 06:15:00PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:33:38 +0300
> Mike Rapoport wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 03:59:40PM +, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Le 19/04/2024 à 17:49,
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