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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE472C433DF for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA45207DA for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="iF574zjF" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 6DA45207DA Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id EEFC56B0026; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:47:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id EA0936B0027; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:47:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id DB9F58D0007; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:47:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0234.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.234]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CEA6B0026 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:47:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin18.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F93E181AEF15 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:27 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77166386934.18.wing80_590f5a027025 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin18.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5F9100EC668 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:27 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: wing80_590f5a027025 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 5142 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by imf32.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kernel.org (unknown [87.70.91.42]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D03CF2063A; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:47:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1597819645; bh=gyXXT4D4VYYaIOu1+gQnW//kuaEEXVrmB2ft+K3ew70=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=iF574zjF4YALNQMlPIlYyUhMlOaowp0aKXeBobiMvul/9VebVzPb0GGL2pL6IrOfO biszHrPoThMJ8qaY9wBHRZEXPInyq/UK06/Ftx+cpClRBnctvE0kAc4ZdaGx85SamP /aqnKXglUaQQcpUzJBj/EPMyDqj/degt0zaMtzTc= Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:47:18 +0300 From: Mike Rapoport To: Jarkko Sakkinen Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Andi Kleen , Masami Hiramatsu , Peter Zijlstra , "Naveen N. Rao" , Anil S Keshavamurthy , "David S. Miller" , Jessica Yu , Ard Biesheuvel Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] kprobes: Use text_alloc() and text_free() Message-ID: <20200819064718.GR752365@kernel.org> References: <20200724050553.1724168-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200724050553.1724168-6-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200724092746.GD517988@gmail.com> <20200725031648.GG17052@linux.intel.com> <20200726081408.GB2927915@kernel.org> <20200818053029.GE44714@linux.intel.com> <20200818115141.GO752365@kernel.org> <20200818163033.GF137138@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200818163033.GF137138@linux.intel.com> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3D5F9100EC668 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 100.00] X-Rspamd-Server: rspam03 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 07:30:33PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 02:51:41PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 08:30:29AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 11:14:08AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm not still sure that I fully understand this feedback as I don't see > > > > > any inherent and obvious difference to the v4. In that version fallbacks > > > > > are to module_alloc() and module_memfree() and text_alloc() and > > > > > text_memfree() can be overridden by arch. > > > > > > > > The major difference between your v4 and my suggestion is that I'm not > > > > trying to impose a single ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC as an alternative to > > > > MODULES but rather to use per subsystem config option, e.g. > > > > HAVE_KPROBES_TEXT_ALLOC. > > > > > > > > Another thing, which might be worth doing regardless of the outcome of > > > > this discussion is to rename alloc_insn_pages() to text_alloc_kprobes() > > > > because the former is way too generic and does not emphasize that the > > > > instruction page is actually used by kprobes only. > > > > > > What if we in kernel/kprobes.c just: > > > > > > #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC > > > > I don't think that CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC will work for all > > architectures. > > > > If an architecture has different restrictions for allocation of text > > for, say, modules, kprobes, bfp, it won't be able to use a single > > ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC. Which means that this architecture is stuck with > > dependency of kprobes on MODULES until the next rework. > > I was thinking to name it as CONFIG_HAS_KPROBES_ALLOC_PAGE, alogn the > lines described below, so it is merely a glitch in my example. IMHO, it would be better to emphasize that this is text page. I liked Mark's idea [1] to have text_alloc_() naming for the allocation functions. The Kconfig options then would become HAVE_TEXT_ALLOC_. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20200714133314.GA67386@C02TD0UTHF1T.local/ > > > void __weak *alloc_insn_page(void) > > > { > > > return module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE); > > > } > > > > > > void __weak free_insn_page(void *page) > > > { > > > module_memfree(page); > > > } > > > #endif > > > > > > In Kconfig (as in v5): > > > > > > config KPROBES > > > bool "Kprobes" > > > depends on MODULES || ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC > > > > > > I checked architectures that override alloc_insn_page(). With the > > > exception of x86, they do not call module_alloc(). > > > > > > If no rename was done, then with this approach a more consistent. > > > config flag name would be CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ALLOC_INSN_PAGE. > > > > > > I'd call the function just as kprobes_alloc_page(). Then the > > > config flag would become CONFIG_HAS_KPROBES_ALLOC_PAGE. > > > > > > > -- > > > > Sincerely yours, > > > > Mike. > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback! > > > > > > /Jarkko > > > > > -- > > Sincerely yours, > > Mike. > > BR, > /Jarkko -- Sincerely yours, Mike.