On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 01:58:58PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Hi all, > > Peter noticed that with some dumb luck you can toast the kernel address > space with exported vmalloc symbols. > > I used this as an opportunity to decruft the vmalloc.c API and make it > much more systematic. This also removes any chance to create vmalloc > mappings outside the designated areas or using executable permissions > from modules. Besides that it removes more than 300 lines of code. I haven't read all your patches yet. Have you tested it on 32-bit ARM, where the module area is located _below_ PAGE_OFFSET and outside of the vmalloc area? -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 10.2Mbps down 587kbps up _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel