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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW6g98Wz9Oj1NiwwZ1OkSVNXX10USByY0b9tEfzOt8SVQg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 15:37:24 -0700
From: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
mcgrof@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Type aware module allocator
On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 3:45 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:58:37PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> > On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 12:04 AM Kent Overstreet
> > <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think this needs to back to the drawing board and we need something
> > > simpler just targeted at executable memory; architecture specific
> > > options should definitely _not_ be part of the exposed interface.
> >
> > I don't think we are exposing architecture specific options to users.
> > Some layer need to handle arch specifics. If the new allocator is
> > built on top of module_alloc, module_alloc is handling that. If the new
> > allocator is to replace module_alloc, it needs to handle arch specifics.
>
> I'm for creating a new allocator that will replace module_alloc(). This
> will give us a clean abstraction that modules and all the rest will use and
> it will make easier to plug binpack or another allocator instead of
> vmalloc.
>
> Another point is with a new allocator we won't have weird dependencies on
> CONFIG_MODULE in e.g. bpf and kprobes.
>
> I'll have something ready to post as an RFC in a few days.
I guess this RFC is similar to unmapped_alloc()? If it replaces
vmalloc, we can probably trim this set down a bit (remove
mod_alloc_params and vmalloc_params, etc.).
Thanks,
Song
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