From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3A49C43334 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2022 13:16:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=lqeaYFlZwetWykb/Kq0KzLdiOTlCTI20heNmd9xjDGQ=; b=izhz4Vp22XmvpZ rR1ubGItC0LQGaoYsUFhWjz+tv4V9glz+V/eB1zJrVvGt3CXzGWpD8veooq1yUPKJ0TCCbeM5OaPe mfs1fmej2wyu33CCrabNxmmZoRqevPJTEdKk85HDRqDvUoKvHgGdT/adezo3vTfIxvVZLlvzmW2Eh 7UjrDMCV1mJf68eh7pXa8fd9VefHuHQHflm8mpYX+TZ6/it0DaIH2rvWB+ZFD7vjAb2FAlKSlp8x7 sVhlaFSsnv6L3+qYu63zMbXATSUqLVOhVvBEhp2IyFrtBydwmeDBBVP9//hY4+/1hVyOzQfDCXIug LuCfm76CMYFtFv0dUMEg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nzI0z-0024cw-Kd; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:15:58 +0000 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org ([139.178.84.217]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nzHzx-0023qC-Uj; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:14:55 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44F4F61CE4; Thu, 9 Jun 2022 13:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3517EC34114; Thu, 9 Jun 2022 13:14:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1654780492; bh=TcM+Ki5Zga/EOuE6ofYMb4YgryOcOqwzJXtoUiKSBIo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ffcnOp0OgPDZpo0pVooP32fBsyasJseFTr596OEn/QKoOYa7UwheZd8Wlwg3TUB46 oq7do8KEPEoufXbxLWjhLecayI8hxwn3UCQ+T33OyReWdVdmCbawUCQmybe7JZ7oTb HhVz+zHSnU4gwpIH3WqZlB7pfVvvf+NJxHqdLt1nGho6w/ePbJClUUp2hIKgYUvMEJ 58uIbmSIVwSI/KQZOVAORBbGQ857H+aFYiijClWCdQYg9CycDQLitNHJO9gte1OHYP iRX18EyLjytRtN3c0g2ThGzeCHo6Rnqv0/GLJWOrzTCoWWPuP4yUV39SPEQTEXiJ5l oLqhHM/r2BPWw== Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 16:12:53 +0300 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: Song Liu Cc: Masami Hiramatsu , Guo Ren , Jarkko Sakkinen , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Nathaniel McCallum , Russell King , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Thomas Bogendoerfer , "James E.J. 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Shutemov" , Javier Martinez Canillas , Miroslav Benes , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Almeida , Tiezhu Yang , Dmitry Torokhov , Aaron Tomlin , Linux ARM , "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" , Parisc List , linuxppc-dev , linux-riscv , linux-s390 , sparclinux , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: Enable tracing for mololithic kernel images Message-ID: References: <20220608000014.3054333-1-jarkko@profian.com> <20220608232115.ccd4399f4a1d133e9b65c2a9@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220609_061454_123160_295C28EF X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 36.52 ) X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 09:12:34AM -0700, Song Liu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 7:21 AM Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > > > Hi Jarkko, > > > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 08:25:38 +0300 > > Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 10:35:42AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote: > > > > . > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 8:02 AM Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Tracing with kprobes while running a monolithic kernel is currently > > > > > impossible because CONFIG_KPROBES is dependent of CONFIG_MODULES. This > > > > > dependency is a result of kprobes code using the module allocator for the > > > > > trampoline code. > > > > > > > > > > Detaching kprobes from modules helps to squeeze down the user space, > > > > > e.g. when developing new core kernel features, while still having all > > > > > the nice tracing capabilities. > > > > > > > > > > For kernel/ and arch/*, move module_alloc() and module_memfree() to > > > > > module_alloc.c, and compile as part of vmlinux when either CONFIG_MODULES > > > > > or CONFIG_KPROBES is enabled. In addition, flag kernel module specific > > > > > code with CONFIG_MODULES. > > > > > > > > > > As the result, kprobes can be used with a monolithic kernel. > > > > It's strange when MODULES is n, but vmlinux still obtains module_alloc. > > > > > > > > Maybe we need a kprobe_alloc, right? > > > > > > Perhaps not the best name but at least it documents the fact that > > > they use the same allocator. > > > > > > Few years ago I carved up something "half-way there" for kprobes, > > > and I used the name text_alloc() [*]. > > > > > > [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200724050553.1724168-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Yeah, I remember that. Thank you for updating your patch! > > I think the idea (split module_alloc() from CONFIG_MODULE) is good to me. > > If module support maintainers think this name is not good, you may be > > able to rename it as text_alloc() and make the module_alloc() as a > > wrapper of it. > > IIUC, most users of module_alloc() use it to allocate memory for text, except > that module code uses it for both text and data. Therefore, I guess calling it > text_alloc() is not 100% accurate until we change the module code (to use > a different API to allocate memory for data). After reading the feedback, I'd stay on using module_alloc() because it has arch-specific quirks baked in. Easier to deal with them in one place. > Thanks, > Song BR, Jarkko _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv