linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch v1 37/55] ARC: dynamic loadable module support

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Message-ID: <50A4C3E7.8020304@synopsys.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:58:55 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	<linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch v1 37/55] ARC: dynamic loadable module support

On Monday 12 November 2012 07:23 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 12 November 2012, Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com wrote:
>> +void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
>> +{
>> +       if (size == 0)
>> +               return NULL;
>> +
>> +       return vmalloc(size);
>> +
>> +}
>> +
>> +void module_free(struct module *module, void *region)
>> +{
>> +       vfree(region);
>> +}
>> +
>> +int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
>> +                             char *secstr, struct module *mod)
>> +{
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +
>> +int module_finalize(const Elf32_Ehdr *hdr, const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
>> +                   struct module *mod)
>> +{
>> +    return 0;
>> +} 
> All of these are identical to the default implementation in kernel/module.c
> and you can simply drop your own definitions.

Alloc/free dropped. Rest 3 needed for ARC specific unwinding out of
loadable modules.

>
> 	Arnd

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