linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use PAGE_KERNEL_ROX directly in alloc_insn

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Date:   Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:56:59 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use PAGE_KERNEL_ROX directly in
 alloc_insn_page

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 09:34:42AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > +       return __vmalloc_node_range(PAGE_SIZE, 1, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
> > +                       GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_ROX, VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS,
> > +                       NUMA_NO_NODE, __func__);
> 
> Why is this passing a string for the 'caller' argument, and not the
> address of the caller?

Dementia.  Fix sent.