From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
"maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
<x86@kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>, Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@amd.com>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] arch/x86: Implement text_alloc() and text_free()
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:22:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200724092258.GC517988@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200724050553.1724168-4-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
* Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> +void text_free(void *region)
> +{
> + /*
> + * This memory may be RO, and freeing RO memory in an interrupt is not
> + * supported by vmalloc.
> + */
> + lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
> +
> + vfree(region);
Had to dig around a bit to find the source of this restriction. Might
make sense to clarify this comment to:
/*
* This memory may be read-only, and freeing VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS memory
* in an interrupt is not supported by vmalloc.
*/
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-24 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-24 5:05 [PATCH v5 0/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Remove MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] kprobes: Remove dependency to the module_mutex Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 9:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-25 2:36 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 9:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-25 3:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-25 10:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-28 7:34 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-17 21:22 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:22 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-25 2:42 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 14:46 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-25 2:48 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] vmalloc: Add text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:22 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-25 2:20 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] arch/x86: Implement " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2020-07-25 2:03 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Use " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 9:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-07-24 12:16 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-25 3:19 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] kprobes: Use text_alloc() and text_free()] Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-25 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] kprobes: Use text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-26 8:14 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-26 16:06 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-28 8:17 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-28 10:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-28 13:35 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-28 17:51 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-29 1:50 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-29 6:13 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-30 1:09 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-18 5:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-08-18 11:51 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-08-18 16:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-08-19 6:47 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-08-19 21:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:27 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-07-24 14:57 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-07-24 23:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:05 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] kprobes: Remove CONFIG_MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] arch/x86: kprobes: Remove MODULES dependency Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 10:26 ` Mike Rapoport
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-07-24 5:04 Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-24 5:04 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] arch/x86: Implement text_alloc() and text_free() Jarkko Sakkinen
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