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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] vmalloc: Add text_alloc() and text_free()
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:22:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200724102243.GA2831654@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200724050553.1724168-3-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>

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.sakkinen@linux.intel.com/

> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/vmalloc.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> index 0221f852a7e1..6c151a0ac02a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> @@ -249,4 +249,21 @@ pcpu_free_vm_areas(struct vm_struct **vms, int nr_vms)
>  int register_vmap_purge_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  int unregister_vmap_purge_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  
> +/*
> + * These functions can be optionally implemented by an arch in order to
> + * provide specialized functions for allocating trampoline code.
> + */
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC
> +/*
> + * Allocate memory to be used for trampoline code.
> + */
> +void *text_alloc(unsigned long size);
> +
> +/*
> + * Free memory returned from text_alloc().
> + */
> +void text_free(void *region);
> +#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC */
> +
>  #endif /* _LINUX_VMALLOC_H */
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.


  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-24 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-24  5:05 [PATCH v5 0/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Remove MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] kprobes: Remove dependency to the module_mutex Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  9:13   ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-25  2:36     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  9:17   ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-25  3:01     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-25 10:21       ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-28  7:34         ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-17 21:22           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:22   ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-25  2:42     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 14:46   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-25  2:48     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] vmalloc: Add text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:22   ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2020-07-25  2:20     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] arch/x86: Implement " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  9:22   ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-25  2:03     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Use " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  9:27   ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-24 12:16     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-25  3:19       ` [PATCH v5 5/6] kprobes: Use text_alloc() and text_free()] Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-25  3:16     ` [PATCH v5 5/6] kprobes: Use text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-26  8:14       ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-26 16:06         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-28  8:17           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-28 10:56             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-28 13:35               ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-28 17:51                 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-29  1:50                   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-29  6:13                     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-30  1:09                       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-18  5:30         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-08-18 11:51           ` Mike Rapoport
2020-08-18 16:30             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-08-19  6:47               ` Mike Rapoport
2020-08-19 21:07                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:27   ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-24 14:57     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-24 23:38     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:05 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] kprobes: Remove CONFIG_MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  7:01 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Remove MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:26 ` Mike Rapoport
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-07-24  5:04 Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24  5:04 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] vmalloc: Add text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen

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