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

Björn Töpel
2023-06-16T11:45:30Z

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:

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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
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Björn