On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 09:39:08PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: > On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 13:18 -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > The main hurdles for modules are: > > > > * x86 needs support for CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC > > to use this properly > > * in light of lack of support for > > CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC > > we need a fallback > > * today module_alloc() follows special hanky panky open coded > > semantics for > > special page permissions, a unified way to handle this would be > > ideal instead of expecting everyone to get it right. > > How were you thinking non-text_poke() architectures load their text > into the text region without the fallback method? Fallbacks are needed for sure. I think you spelled out well what would be needed. Luis
