Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 RESEND 0/5] vmalloc_exec for modules and BPF programs

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On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 4:26 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 03:25:36PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> > This set enables bpf programs and bpf dispatchers to share huge pages with
> > new API:
> >   vmalloc_exec()
> >   vfree_exec()
> >   vcopy_exec()
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I don't like the names very much.  They imply
> a slight extension to the vmalloc API, but while they use the vmalloc
> mechanisms internally, the API is actually quite different.
>
> So why not something like:
>
>    execmem_alloc
>    execmem_free
>    execmem_fill or execmem_set or copy_to_execmem
>
> ?

I don't have a strong preference on names. We can change the name
to whatever we agree on.

Thanks,
Song




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