linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/5] vmalloc_exec for modules and BPF programs

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:34:53 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
        "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] vmalloc_exec for modules and BPF programs

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 03:46:38PM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
> Could you please share your feedback on this? 

I've looked at it all of 5 minutes, so perhaps I've missed something.

However, I'm a little surprised you went with a second tree instead of
doing the top-down thing for data. The way you did it makes it hard to
have guard pages between text and data.