On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 03:08:12PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > A rename seems good to me. Module space is really just dynamically > > allocated text space now. There used to be a vmalloc_exec() that > > allocated text in vmalloc space, > > Yes I saw that but it was generic and it did not do the arch-specific > override, and so that is why Christoph ripped it out and open coded > it on the only user, on module_alloc(). It it also because random code does not have any business allocating executable memory. Executable memory in kernel is basically for modules and module-like code like eBPF, and no one else has any business allocating pages with the execute bit set (or the NX bit not set).
