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=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 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 06712C433DF for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B435322285 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="uFJaxePl" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B435322285 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=merlin.20170209; h=Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: Subject:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=BU+KeMBaMw/rC/ZU3vv9wQ2Sgbhvu5iiTdFCunD5zvs=; b=uFJaxePlVWi4VgWcpCehMlQRB 4yx5WrtWhOQ3Cky8x6s5OkdHXRrEdnVJJyKM4WAZwRnF9EXcs4DioVPJQRZzlT/sdKbqr5qlIVZOm odWcqRSXN5LVkRZ2uNgmbEFj+Pq4UjIt+HcUNa485bWah4lV1Ek/cNG8F5cKh+Tecp6akyrqz2H0r 1/THYFiaRse+PcvDIflafAeGZaV8JEEwpL26Gv1NPL7k0K5nNFoYSMJnmf4W5luBZIyACZg82i9cZ Ey3ukuhxPUsS+5IrBERLHQrDUPXDvvKzY5echwnx2RCG5vevFAjM78PUsRXZoNhd6wAENfs2gH3EM 9d/H/siZQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jvN71-0003ym-9I; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:44:55 +0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jvN6v-0003xg-6i; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:44:52 +0000 Received: from oasis.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (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 321CD2083B; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:44:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:44:37 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Jessica Yu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] module: Rename module_alloc() to text_alloc() and move to kernel proper Message-ID: <20200714114437.7f0025b5@oasis.local.home> In-Reply-To: <20200714135651.GA27819@linux-8ccs> References: <20200714094625.1443261-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200714094625.1443261-2-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200714135651.GA27819@linux-8ccs> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20200714_114449_444702_36F9E1D1 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 22.77 ) X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Catalin Marinas , Kefeng Wang , Paul Mackerras , Zong Li , Andi Kleen , Paul Burton , Michael Ellerman , Vincent Whitchurch , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Petr Mladek , Brian Gerst , Andy Lutomirski , Thomas Gleixner , Jiri Kosina , Anup Patel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Philipp Rudo , Torsten Duwe , Masami Hiramatsu , Andrew Morton , Mark Rutland , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Vincent Chen , Omar Sandoval , "open list:S390" , Joe Lawrence , Helge Deller , John Fastabend , Anil S Keshavamurthy , Yonghong Song , Iurii Zaikin , Andrii Nakryiko , Thomas Huth , Vasily Gorbik , "moderated list:ARM PORT" , Daniel Axtens , Damien Le Moal , Martin KaFai Lau , Song Liu , Paul Walmsley , Heiko Carstens , Alexei Starovoitov , Jarkko Sakkinen , Atish Patra , Will Deacon , Daniel Borkmann , Masahiro Yamada , Nayna Jain , Ley Foon Tan , Christian Borntraeger , Sami Tolvanen , "Naveen N. Rao" , Mao Han , Marco Elver , Babu Moger , Borislav Petkov , Greentime Hu , Ben Dooks , Guan Xuetao , Thomas Bogendoerfer , "open list:PARISC ARCHITECTURE" , "open list:BPF JIT for MIPS \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , "David S. Miller" , Thiago Jung Bauermann , Peter Zijlstra , David Howells , "open list:SPARC + UltraSPARC \(sparc/sparc64\)" , Sandipan Das , "H. Peter Anvin" , Amit Daniel Kachhap , Tiezhu Yang , Miroslav Benes , Jiri Olsa , Ard Biesheuvel , Vincenzo Frascino , Anders Roxell , Sven Schnelle , "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , Russell King , "open list:RISC-V ARCHITECTURE" , Mike Rapoport , Ingo Molnar , Albert Ou , "Paul E. McKenney" , Josh Poimboeuf , KP Singh , Dmitry Vyukov , Nick Hu , "open list:BPF JIT for MIPS \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , "open list:MIPS" , Palmer Dabbelt , "open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:56:52 +0200 Jessica Yu wrote: > As Ard and Will have already explained, the major issue I'm having > with this is that we're taking module_alloc(), an allocator that was > originally specific to module loading, and turning it into a generic > interface to be used by other subsystems. You're pulling in all the > module loading semantics that vary by architecture and expecting it to > work as a generic text allocator. I'm not against the existence of a > generic text_alloc() but I would very much rather that module_alloc() > be left alone to the module loader and instead work on introducing a > *separate* generic text_alloc() interface that would work for its > intended users (kprobes, bpf, etc) and have existing users of > module_alloc() switch to that instead. Looks like the consensus is to create a separate text_alloc() that can be used when modules are not configured in for things like ftrace dynamic trampolines, and keep module_alloc() untouched. For those concerned about added unused code for architectures that don't need text_alloc(), we can always create a config called: CONFIG_ARCH_NEED_TEXT_ALLOC, and the arch can add that to its list of kconfigs if it intends to use text_alloc(). -- Steve _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv 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=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_2 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 6610FC433DF for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19B9F227C3 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 19B9F227C3 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5r9K2fYVzDqhn for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:26:29 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=198.145.29.99; helo=mail.kernel.org; envelope-from=srs0=bz71=az=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B5lFY6hSCzDqcV for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 01:44:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from oasis.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (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 321CD2083B; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:44:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:44:37 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Jessica Yu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] module: Rename module_alloc() to text_alloc() and move to kernel proper Message-ID: <20200714114437.7f0025b5@oasis.local.home> In-Reply-To: <20200714135651.GA27819@linux-8ccs> References: <20200714094625.1443261-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200714094625.1443261-2-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20200714135651.GA27819@linux-8ccs> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:16:19 +1000 X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Catalin Marinas , Kefeng Wang , Paul Mackerras , Zong Li , Andi Kleen , Paul Burton , Vincent Whitchurch , Petr Mladek , Brian Gerst , Andy Lutomirski , Thomas Gleixner , Jiri Kosina , Anup Patel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Philipp Rudo , Torsten Duwe , Masami Hiramatsu , Andrew Morton , Mark Rutland , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Vincent Chen , Omar Sandoval , "open list:S390" , Joe Lawrence , Helge Deller , John Fastabend , Anil S Keshavamurthy , Yonghong Song , Iurii Zaikin , Andrii Nakryiko , Thomas Huth , Vasily Gorbik , "moderated list:ARM PORT" , Daniel Axtens , Damien Le Moal , Martin KaFai Lau , Song Liu , Paul Walmsley , Heiko Carstens , Alexei Starovoitov , Jarkko Sakkinen , Atish Patra , Will Deacon , Daniel Borkmann , Masahiro Yamada , Nayna Jain , Ley Foon Tan , Christian Borntraeger , Sami Tolvanen , "Naveen N. Rao" , Mao Han , Marco Elver , Babu Moger , Borislav Petkov , Greentime Hu , Ben Dooks , Guan Xuetao , Thomas Bogendoerfer , "open list:PARISC ARCHITECTURE" , "open list:BPF JIT for MIPS \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , "David S. Miller" , Thiago Jung Bauermann , Peter Zijlstra , David Howells , "open list:SPARC + UltraSPARC \(sparc/sparc64\)" , Sandipan Das , "H. Peter Anvin" , Amit Daniel Kachhap , Tiezhu Yang , Miroslav Benes , Jiri Olsa , Ard Biesheuvel , Vincenzo Frascino , Anders Roxell , Sven Schnelle , "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , Russell King , "open list:RISC-V ARCHITECTURE" , Mike Rapoport , Ingo Molnar , Albert Ou , "Paul E. McKenney" , Josh Poimboeuf , KP Singh , Dmitry Vyukov , Nick Hu , "open list:BPF JIT for MIPS \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , "open list:MIPS" , Palmer Dabbelt , "open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:56:52 +0200 Jessica Yu wrote: > As Ard and Will have already explained, the major issue I'm having > with this is that we're taking module_alloc(), an allocator that was > originally specific to module loading, and turning it into a generic > interface to be used by other subsystems. You're pulling in all the > module loading semantics that vary by architecture and expecting it to > work as a generic text allocator. I'm not against the existence of a > generic text_alloc() but I would very much rather that module_alloc() > be left alone to the module loader and instead work on introducing a > *separate* generic text_alloc() interface that would work for its > intended users (kprobes, bpf, etc) and have existing users of > module_alloc() switch to that instead. Looks like the consensus is to create a separate text_alloc() that can be used when modules are not configured in for things like ftrace dynamic trampolines, and keep module_alloc() untouched. For those concerned about added unused code for architectures that don't need text_alloc(), we can always create a config called: CONFIG_ARCH_NEED_TEXT_ALLOC, and the arch can add that to its list of kconfigs if it intends to use text_alloc(). -- Steve