* Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Use text_alloc() and text_free() instead of module_alloc() and
> module_memfree() when an arch provides them.
>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/kprobes.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 4e46d96d4e16..611fcda9f6bf 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> #include <asm/errno.h>
> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>
> #define KPROBE_HASH_BITS 6
> #define KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE (1 << KPROBE_HASH_BITS)
> @@ -111,12 +112,20 @@ enum kprobe_slot_state {
>
> void __weak *alloc_insn_page(void)
> {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC
> + return text_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +#else
> return module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +#endif
> }
>
> void __weak free_insn_page(void *page)
> {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC
> + text_free(page);
> +#else
> module_memfree(page);
> +#endif
> }
I've read the observations in the other threads, but this #ifdef
jungle is silly, it's a de-facto open coded text_alloc() with a
module_alloc() fallback...
Thanks,
Ingo
