Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] arch/riscv: Enable kprobes when CONFIG_MODULES=n

From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	linux-modules@vger.kernel.org,
	"Naveen N . Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>,
	Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] arch/riscv: Enable kprobes when CONFIG_MODULES=n
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:42:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240326-cape-compacted-e76df066752f@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240326134616.7691-2-jarkko@kernel.org>

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On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 03:46:16PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Tacing with kprobes while running a monolithic kernel is currently
> impossible due the kernel module allocator dependency.
> 
> Address the issue by implementing textmem API for RISC-V.

This doesn't compile for nommu:
  /build/tmp.3xucsBhqDV/arch/riscv/kernel/execmem.c:10:46: error: 'MODULES_VADDR' undeclared (first use in this function)
  /build/tmp.3xucsBhqDV/arch/riscv/kernel/execmem.c:11:37: error: 'MODULES_END' undeclared (first use in this function)
  /build/tmp.3xucsBhqDV/arch/riscv/kernel/execmem.c:14:1: error: control reaches end of non-void function [-Werror=return-type]
Clang builds also report:
../arch/riscv/kernel/execmem.c:8:56: warning: omitting the parameter name in a function definition is a C2x extension [-Wc2x-extensions]

> 
> Link: https://www.sochub.fi # for power on testing new SoC's with a minimal stack
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220608000014.3054333-1-jarkko@profian.com/ # continuation
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
> ---
> v5-v7:
> - No changes.
> v4:
> - Include linux/execmem.h.
> v3:
> - Architecture independent parts have been split to separate patches.
> - Do not change arch/riscv/kernel/module.c as it is out of scope for
>   this patch set now.

Meta comment. I dunno when v1 was sent, but versions can you please
relax with submitting new versions of your patches? There's conversations
ongoing on v5 at the moment, while this is a more recent version. v2
seems to have been sent on the 23rd and there's been 5 versions in the
last day:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/?submitter=195059&state=*

Could you please also try and use a cover letter for patchsets, ideally
with a consistent subject? Otherwise I have to manually mark stuff as
superseded.

Thanks,
Conor.

> v2:
> - Better late than never right? :-)
> - Focus only to RISC-V for now to make the patch more digestable. This
>   is the arch where I use the patch on a daily basis to help with QA.
> - Introduce HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC flag to help with more gradual migration.

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