linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, jbaron@akamai.com, ardb@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sumit.garg@linaro.org,
	oliver.sang@intel.com, jarkko@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] static_call: Fix static_call_update() sanity check
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:06:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFikbJfytBSqBPDU@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YFiWqvEsswDHBDPX@gunter>

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 02:07:54PM +0100, Jessica Yu wrote:
> +++ Steven Rostedt [19/03/21 14:00 -0400]:
> > On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:57:38 +0100
> > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Jessica, can you explain how !MODULE_UNLOAD is supposed to work?
> > > Alternatives, jump_labels and static_call all can have relocations into
> > > __exit code. Not loading it at all would be BAD.
> > 
> > According to the description:
> > 
> > " Without this option you will not be able to unload any
> >  modules (note that some modules may not be unloadable anyway), which
> >  makes your kernel smaller, faster and simpler.
> >  If unsure, say Y."
> > 
> > Seems there's no reason to load the "exit" portion, as that's what makes it
> > "smaller".
> 
> Exactly. If you disable MODULE_UNLOAD, then you don't intend to ever
> unload any modules, and so you'll never end up calling the module's
> cleanup/exit function. That code would basically be never used, so
> that's why it's not loaded in the first place.

As explained, that's broken. Has always been for as long as we've had
alternatives.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-22 14:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-18 11:31 [PATCH 0/3] static_call() vs __exit fixes Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 11:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] static_call: Fix static_call_set_init() Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 12:25   ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 11:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] static_call: Align static_call_is_init() patching condition Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 12:25   ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 13:31   ` [PATCH 2/3] " Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-19 14:13     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 14:40       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-19 15:44         ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-22 16:59         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 11:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] static_call: Fix static_call_update() sanity check Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 11:42   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 16:13   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-18 16:58     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 12:57       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 18:00         ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-19 19:34           ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 20:57             ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-22 14:50               ` Jessica Yu
2021-03-22 16:54                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-22 17:36                   ` Jessica Yu
2021-03-22 13:07           ` Jessica Yu
2021-03-22 14:06             ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-03-19 12:25   ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 12:15 ` [PATCH 0/3] static_call() vs __exit fixes Sumit Garg
2021-03-18 19:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=YFikbJfytBSqBPDU@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net \
    --to=peterz@infradead.org \
    --cc=ardb@kernel.org \
    --cc=jarkko@kernel.org \
    --cc=jbaron@akamai.com \
    --cc=jeyu@kernel.org \
    --cc=jpoimboe@redhat.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=oliver.sang@intel.com \
    --cc=rostedt@goodmis.org \
    --cc=sumit.garg@linaro.org \
    --cc=x86@kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body. 
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).