linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: Silence first allocation with CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE

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Date:   Mon, 8 May 2017 11:07:24 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, zijun_hu <zijun_hu@....com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        angus@...usclark.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: Silence first allocation with
 CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS=y

On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 02:07:28PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 05/03/2017 04:18 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:19:02AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >> When CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS is enabled, the first allocation using the
> >> module space fails, because the module is too big, and then the module
> >> allocation is attempted from vmalloc space. Silence the first allocation
> >> failure in that case by setting __GFP_NOWARN.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm64/kernel/module.c | 7 ++++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > I'm not sure what the merge plan is for these, but the arm64 bit here
> > looks fine to me:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> 
> Thanks, not sure either, would you or Catalin want to pick this series?

We'd need an Ack from Russell on the arch/arm/ part before we could take
this series.

Will