Re: [PATCH RFC] arm64/vmalloc: use module region only for module_alloc() if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:44:31 +0800 Liu Shixin <liushixin2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> This patch seems to have been lost in the corner. Recently I've meet this problem again
> 
> on v6.1, so I would like to propose this patch again.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> On 2022/12/27 17:26, Liu Shixin wrote:
> > After I add a 10GB pmem device, I got the following error message when
> > insert module:
> >
> >  insmod: vmalloc error: size 16384, vm_struct allocation failed,
> >  mode:0xcc0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0
> >
> > If CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, the module region can be located in the
> > vmalloc region entirely. Although module_alloc() can fall back to a 2GB
> > window if ARM64_MODULE_PLTS is set, the module region is still easily
> > exhausted because the module region is located at bottom of vmalloc region
> > and the vmalloc region is allocated from bottom to top.
> >
> > Skip module region if not calling from module_alloc().
> >

I'll assume this is for the arm tree.

Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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