linux-kernel - Re: decruft the vmalloc API

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Date:   Wed, 8 Apr 2020 18:07:43 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: decruft the vmalloc API

On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 05:03:24PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> I haven't read all your patches yet.
> 
> Have you tested it on 32-bit ARM, where the module area is located
> _below_ PAGE_OFFSET and outside of the vmalloc area?

I have not tested it.  However existing in-kernel users that use
different areas (and we have quite a few of those) have not been
changed at all.  I think the arm32 module loader (like various other
module loaders) falls into that category.