On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 01:22:43PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 08:05:49AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > Introduce functions for allocating memory for dynamic trampolines, such > > as kprobes. An arch can promote the availability of these functions with > > CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC. > > As it was pointed out at the discussion on the previous version [1], > text_alloc() alone won't necessarily suit other architectures. > > I don't see a point in defining a "generic" interface that apriory could > not be imeplemented by several architectures. > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200714094625.1443261-1-jarkko.sakki...@linux.intel.com/
These changes do actually acknowledge the feedback [1][2][3]. They do not interfere with module_alloc() and are fully optional. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20200714102826.GB4756@willie-the-truck/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20200714164245.ge1...@shell.armlinux.org.uk/ [3] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20200714135651.GA27819@linux-8ccs/ /Jarkko
