[PATCH v2 4/7] arm64/modules: Add rlimit checking for arm64 modules

[jeyu@kernel.org (Jessica Yu)]

+++ Dave Hansen [11/10/18 16:47 -0700]:
>On 10/11/2018 04:31 PM, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
>> +	if (check_inc_mod_rlimit(size))
>> +		return NULL;
>> +
>>  	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN, module_alloc_base,
>>  				module_alloc_base + MODULES_VSIZE,
>>  				gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0,
>> @@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
>>  		return NULL;
>>  	}
>>
>> +	update_mod_rlimit(p, size);
>
>Is there a reason we couldn't just rename all of the existing per-arch
>module_alloc() calls to be called, say, "arch_module_alloc()", then put
>this new rlimit code in a generic helper that does:
>
>
>	if (check_inc_mod_rlimit(size))
>		return NULL;
>
>	p = arch_module_alloc(...);
>
>	...
>
>	update_mod_rlimit(p, size);
>

I second this suggestion. Just make module_{alloc,memfree} generic,
non-weak functions that call the rlimit helpers in addition to the
arch-specific arch_module_{alloc,memfree} functions.

Jessica