linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] alloc_tag: populate memory for module tags as needed

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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:28:54 -0400
From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] alloc_tag: populate memory for module tags as needed

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The memory reserved for module tags does not need to be backed by
> physical pages until there are tags to store there. Change the way
> we reserve this memory to allocate only virtual area for the tags
> and populate it with physical pages as needed when we load a module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>