The patch titled kcore: register module area in generic way has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kcore: register module area in generic way From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Some archs define MODULED_VADDR/MODULES_END which is not in VMALLOC area. This is handled only in x86-64. This patch make it more generic. And we can use vread/vwrite to access the area. Fix it. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 4 +--- fs/proc/kcore.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++++++ mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/mm/init_64.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way arch/x86/mm/init_64.c --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way +++ a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memory_add_physaddr_to #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */ -static struct kcore_list kcore_modules, kcore_vsyscall; +static struct kcore_list kcore_vsyscall; void __init mem_init(void) { @@ -676,8 +676,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) initsize = (unsigned long) &__init_end - (unsigned long) &__init_begin; /* Register memory areas for /proc/kcore */ - kclist_add(&kcore_modules, (void *)MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_LEN, - KCORE_OTHER); kclist_add(&kcore_vsyscall, (void *)VSYSCALL_START, VSYSCALL_END - VSYSCALL_START, KCORE_OTHER); diff -puN fs/proc/kcore.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way fs/proc/kcore.c --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way +++ a/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use if (m == NULL) { if (clear_user(buffer, tsz)) return -EFAULT; - } else if (is_vmalloc_addr((void *)start)) { + } else if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) { char * elf_buf; elf_buf = kzalloc(tsz, GFP_KERNEL); @@ -586,6 +586,22 @@ static void __init proc_kcore_text_init( } #endif +#if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(MODULES_VADDR) +/* + * MODULES_VADDR has no intersection with VMALLOC_ADDR. + */ +struct kcore_list kcore_modules; +static void __init add_modules_range(void) +{ + kclist_add(&kcore_modules, (void *)MODULES_VADDR, + MODULES_END - MODULES_VADDR, KCORE_VMALLOC); +} +#else +static void __init add_modules_range(void) +{ +} +#endif + static int __init proc_kcore_init(void) { proc_root_kcore = proc_create("kcore", S_IRUSR, NULL, @@ -595,6 +611,7 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void) /* Store vmalloc area */ kclist_add(&kcore_vmalloc, (void *)VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END - VMALLOC_START, KCORE_VMALLOC); + add_modules_range(); /* Store direct-map area from physical memory map */ kcore_update_ram(); hotplug_memory_notifier(kcore_callback, 0); diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way include/linux/mm.h --- a/include/linux/mm.h~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ static inline int is_vmalloc_addr(const return 0; #endif } +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU +extern int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x); +#else +static int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x) +{ + return 0; +} +#endif static inline struct page *compound_head(struct page *page) { diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way mm/vmalloc.c --- a/mm/vmalloc.c~kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way +++ a/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int vmap_page_range(unsigned long return ret; } -static inline int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x) +int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x) { /* * ARM, x86-64 and sparc64 put modules in a special place, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-clean-up-page_remove_rmap.patch vmscan-throttle-direct-reclaim-when-too-many-pages-are-isolated-already.patch mm-remove-__addsub_zone_page_state.patch vmscan-dont-attempt-to-reclaim-anon-page-in-lumpy-reclaim-when-no-swap-space-is-avilable.patch ksm-add-mmu_notifier-set_pte_at_notify.patch ksm-first-tidy-up-madvise_vma.patch ksm-define-madv_mergeable-and-madv_unmergeable.patch ksm-the-mm-interface-to-ksm.patch ksm-no-debug-in-page_dup_rmap.patch ksm-identify-pageksm-pages.patch ksm-kernel-samepage-merging.patch ksm-prevent-mremap-move-poisoning.patch ksm-change-copyright-message.patch ksm-change-ksm-nice-level-to-be-5.patch vmalloc-unmap-vmalloc-area-after-hiding-it.patch kcore-fix-vread-vwrite-to-be-aware-of-holes.patch kcore-fix-vread-vwrite-to-be-aware-of-holes-update.patch kcore-proc-kcore-should-use-vread.patch mm-add_to_swap_cache-must-not-sleep.patch mm-add_to_swap_cache-does-not-return-eexist.patch memory-hotplug-fix-updating-of-num_physpages-for-hot-plugged-memory.patch mm-vmscan-rename-zone_nr_pages-to-zone_lru_nr_pages.patch mm-do-batched-scans-for-mem_cgroup.patch vmscan-move-pgdeactivate-modification-to-shrink_active_list.patch vmscan-move-pgdeactivate-modification-to-shrink_active_list-fix.patch oom-move-oom_adj-value-from-task_struct-to-signal_struct.patch oom-make-oom_score-to-per-process-value.patch oom-oom_kill-doesnt-kill-vfork-parentor-child.patch oom-fix-oom_adjust_write-input-sanity-check.patch kcore-fix-proc-kcores-statst_size.patch kcore-use-usual-list-for-kclist.patch kcore-add-kclist-types.patch kcore-register-vmalloc-area-in-generic-way.patch kcore-register-text-area-in-generic-way.patch walk-system-ram-range.patch kcore-use-registerd-physmem-information.patch kcore-register-vmemmap-range.patch kcore-register-module-area-in-generic-way.patch cgroups-support-named-cgroups-hierarchies.patch cgroups-move-the-cgroup-debug-subsys-into-cgroupc-to-access-internal-state.patch cgroups-add-a-back-pointer-from-struct-cg_cgroup_link-to-struct-cgroup.patch cgroups-allow-cgroup-hierarchies-to-be-created-with-no-bound-subsystems.patch memcg-remove-the-overhead-associated-with-the-root-cgroup.patch memcg-remove-the-overhead-associated-with-the-root-cgroup-fix.patch memcg-remove-the-overhead-associated-with-the-root-cgroup-fix-2.patch memcg-add-comments-explaining-memory-barriers.patch memcg-add-comments-explaining-memory-barriers-checkpatch-fixes.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-documentation-v9.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-interface-v9.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-organize-cgroups-v9.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-organize-cgroups-v9-fix.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-refactor-reclaim-flags-v9.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-reclaim-on-contention-v9.patch memory-controller-soft-limit-reclaim-on-contention-v9-fix.patch memcg-improve-resource-counter-scalability.patch memcg-improve-resource-counter-scalability-v5.patch memcg-show-swap-usage-in-stat-file.patch do_wait-wakeup-optimization-fix-child_wait_callback-eligible_child-usage.patch do_wait-wakeup-optimization-simplify-task_pid_type.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html