linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Remove module size limit

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Message-ID: <877h04k2gr.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:56 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tim.abbott@...cle.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Remove module size limit

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:07:22 -0500, Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> wrote:
> Module size was limited to 64MB, this was legacy limitation due to vmalloc()
> which was removed a while ago.
> 
> Limiting module size to 64MB is both pointless and affects real world use
> cases.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Tim Abbott <tim.abbott@...cle.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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