linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] mm: do not export const kfree and kstrdup variants

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Message-ID: <20240924061457.GO38742@google.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:14:57 +0900
From: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To: linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
	Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] mm: do not export const kfree and kstrdup variants

On (24/09/24 14:08), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Both kfree_const() and kstrdup_const() use __start_rodata
> and __end_rodata, which do not work for modules.  This is
> especially important for kfree_const().  Stop exporting
> these functions, as they cannot be used in the modules.

Just for linux-mm visibility, consider this patch RFC,
more discussions on this at [1] and [2]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240924054151.GL38742@google.com
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240924054951.GM38742@google.com