Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] nios2: define virtual address space for modules

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 04:00:19PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-06-16 at 11:50 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> >  void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
> >  {
> > -       if (size == 0)
> > -               return NULL;
> > -       return kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> > -}
> > -
> > -/* Free memory returned from module_alloc */
> > -void module_memfree(void *module_region)
> > -{
> > -       kfree(module_region);
> > +       return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR,
> > MODULES_END,
> > +                                   GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
> > +                                   VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS,
> > NUMA_NO_NODE,
> > +                                   __builtin_return_address(0));
> >  }
> >  
> >  int apply_relocate_add(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *s
> 
> I wonder if the (size == 0) check is really needed, but
> __vmalloc_node_range() will WARN on this case where the old code won't.

module_alloc() should not be called with zero size, so a warning there
would be appropriate.
Besides, no other module_alloc() had this check.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



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