Re: [PATCH v2 12/12] kprobes: remove dependcy on CONFIG_MODULES

Mike Rapoport
2023-06-17T06:53:08Z

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 01:44:55PM +0200, Björn Töpel wrote:
> Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> writes:
>
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> >
> > kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
> > code.
>
> I think you can remove the MODULES dependency from BPF_JIT as well:

Yeah, I think so. Thanks!

> --8<--
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> index 2dfe1079f772..fa4587027f8b 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ config BPF_JIT
> bool "Enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
> depends on BPF
> depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
> - depends on MODULES
> help
> BPF programs are normally handled by a BPF interpreter. This option
> allows the kernel to generate native code when a program is loaded
> --8<--
>
>
> Björn

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.