linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ARM: Silence first allocation with CONFIG_ARM_MODULE

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2017 16:16:09 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....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 2/3] ARM: Silence first allocation with
 CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS=y

On 04/27/2017 11:19 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> When CONFIG_ARM_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.

Russell, are you okay with this change? Do you have a preference as
which tree should carry this patch series?

Thanks

> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/module.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
> index 80254b47dc34..3ff571c2c71c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
> @@ -40,8 +40,15 @@
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
>  {
> -	void *p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
> -				GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
> +	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL;
> +	void *p;
> +
> +	/* Silence the initial allocation */
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS))
> +		gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOWARN;
> +
> +	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
> +				gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
>  				__builtin_return_address(0));
>  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS) || p)
>  		return p;
> 


-- 
Florian