Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] memory: export symbols for memory related functions

AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
2023-06-14T12:11:52Z

Il 14/06/23 11:59, Wei-chin Tsai (蔡維晉) ha scritto:
> On Wed, 2023-06-14 at 08:16 +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>
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>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:20:34AM +0800, Wei Chin Tsai wrote:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
>>> index 0e8ff85890ad..df91412a1069 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
>>> @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct
>> *vma)
>>> {
>>> return is_gate_vma(vma) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
>>> }
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_vma_name);
>> ...
>>> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
>>> index b5370fe5c198..a1abe77fcdc3 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/signal.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
>>> @@ -4700,6 +4700,7 @@ __weak const char *arch_vma_name(struct
>> vm_area_struct *vma)
>>> {
>>> return NULL;
>>> }
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_vma_name);
>>
>> Have you confirmed:
>> 1) whether this actually builds
>> 2) whether this results in one or two arch_vma_name exports
>>
>> ?
>>
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>
> Hi Russell,
>
> We did confirm that it can be built successfully in kernel 6.1 and run
> well in our system.
>

It runs well in your system and can be built successfully because you're building
for ARM64, not for ARM...

> Actually, we only use this export symbol "arch_vma_name"
> from kernel/signal.c in arm64. We also export symbol for arch_vma_name
> in arch/arm/kernel/process.c because that, one day in the future, we
> are afraid that we also need this function in arm platform.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>