netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] modules: Add new special vfree flags

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Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:02:51 +0000
From:   "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] modules: Add new special vfree flags

On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 23:40 +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > On Dec 11, 2018, at 4:03 PM, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Add new flags for handling freeing of special permissioned memory in
> > vmalloc,
> > and remove places where the handling was done in module.c.
> > 
> > This will enable this flag for all architectures.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
> > ---
> > kernel/module.c | 43 ++++++++++++-------------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> I count on you for merging your patch-set with mine, since clearly they
> conflict.
> 
Yes, I can rebase on top of yours if you omit the changes around module_memfree 
for your next version. It should fit together pretty cleanly for BPF and modules
I think. Not sure what you are planning for kprobes and ftrace.