linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 27/31] arm64: Loadable modules

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Message-Id: <201208151616.56932.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:16:56 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 27/31] arm64: Loadable modules

On Wednesday 15 August 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Primarily branch relocation, we have a limitation to 128MB branch range.
> The alternative would be to always compile the modules with a large
> memory model but we may lose some performance and could make the
> relocation handling even harder. What we do now is pretty much similar
> to static linking but at module load time.

Ok, makes sense.

	Arnd
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