netdev - Re: [PATCH 12/13] x86/jitalloc: prepare to allocate exectuatble memory as ROX

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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 22:52:44 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] x86/jitalloc: prepare to allocate exectuatble
 memory as ROX

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:54:36 -0700
Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com> wrote:

> > The way text_poke() is used here, it is creating a new writable alias
> > and flushing it for *each* write to the module (like for each write of
> > an individual relocation, etc). I was just thinking it might warrant
> > some batching or something.  

Batching does exist, which is what the text_poke_queue() thing does.

-- Steve