[PATCH v6 08/16] mm/execmem, arch: convert remaining overrides of module_alloc to execmem

Song Liu song at kernel.org
Sat Apr 27 05:01:34 AEST 2024


On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 1:30 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>
>
> Extend execmem parameters to accommodate more complex overrides of
> module_alloc() by architectures.
>
> This includes specification of a fallback range required by arm, arm64
> and powerpc, EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA type required by powerpc, support for
> allocation of KASAN shadow required by s390 and x86 and support for
> late initialization of execmem required by arm64.
>
> The core implementation of execmem_alloc() takes care of suppressing
> warnings when the initial allocation fails but there is a fallback range
> defined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>

nit: We should probably move the logic for ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE
to a separate patch.

Otherwise,

Acked-by: Song Liu <song at kernel.org>


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