Re: [PATCH 5/8] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE

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On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 09:28:22AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In order to use execmem's API for temporal remapping of the memory
> allocated from ROX cache as writable, there is a need to distinguish
> between the state when the module is being formed and the state when it is
> deconstructed and freed so that when module_memory_free() is called from
> error paths during module loading it could restore ROX mappings.
>
> Replace open coded checks for MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED with a helper
> function module_is_formed() and add a new MODULE_STATE_GONE that will be
> set when the module is deconstructed and freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

I've seen the rest of the discussion about this patch... but in case I
forget, and from an extremely myopic kgdb/kdb point of view:
Acked-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) <danielt@xxxxxxxxxx>


Daniel.




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