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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 15:05:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902150501.d589742ba33d0beeb0cdb21f@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902081802.146145-1-hao.ge@linux.dev>

On Wed,  2 Sep 2026 16:17:58 +0800 Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev> wrote:

> I ran into an overflow problem in the module tag area. With profiling
> toggled off, the overflow check in reserve_module_tags() did not
> run, a module could load with more tags than the page flags can
> address, and re-enabling profiling then silently corrupted
> /proc/allocinfo. On overflow the fix shuts profiling down, releases
> the reservation and returns -EAGAIN, and the codetag section lands
> as regular module data in the same load, so the module loads without
> profiling.
> 
> Review of the earlier series by Sashiko turned up two more problems.

Thanks.  Sashiko had a lot more to say, as I assume you've seen:
	https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260902081802.146145-1-hao.ge@linux.dev

Also, "Based-on-a-patch-by:" isn't a recognized thing, although it's
been used ~30 times in the past.

I'm ambivalent about ad-hoc invention of new tags, although it happens
a lot.  Perhaps it would be better to do


	Based on a patch by Petr Pavlu [1].
	...
	Link: ... [1]

?


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-02 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02  8:17 [PATCH v7 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes Hao Ge
2026-09-02  8:17 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] alloc_tag: move release_module_tags() above reserve_module_tags() Hao Ge
2026-09-02  8:18 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] module: introduce SH_ENTSIZE_STANDALONE for separately allocated sections Hao Ge
2026-09-04 16:10   ` Petr Pavlu
2026-09-02  8:18 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] module: allocate codetag sections before the regular module layout Hao Ge
2026-09-02  8:18 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] alloc_tag: release the reservation when populate fails Hao Ge
2026-09-02 22:05 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2026-09-03  6:30   ` [PATCH v7 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes Hao Ge

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