netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 16/16] bpf: remove CONFIG_BPF_JIT dependency on CONFIG

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Message-ID: <7983fbbf-0127-457c-9394-8d6e4299c685@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 01:00:31 +0200
From: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@...il.com>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 16/16] bpf: remove CONFIG_BPF_JIT dependency on
 CONFIG_MODULES of

Hi,

On 2024-05-05 18:06, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>
> 
> BPF just-in-time compiler depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it used
> module_alloc() to allocate memory for the generated code.
> 
> Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, drop dependency of
> CONFIG_BPF_JIT on CONFIG_MODULES and make it select CONFIG_EXECMEM.
> 
> Suggested-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@...nel.org>
> ---
>   kernel/bpf/Kconfig | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> index bc25f5098a25..f999e4e0b344 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config BPF_JIT
>   	bool "Enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
>   	depends on BPF
>   	depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
> -	depends on MODULES
> +	select EXECMEM
>   	help
>   	  BPF programs are normally handled by a BPF interpreter. This option
>   	  allows the kernel to generate native code when a program is loaded

This does not seem to work entirely. If build with BPF_JIT without 
module support for my Raspberry Pi 3 B I get warnings in my kernel log 
(easiest way to trigger it seems to be trying to ssh into it, which fails).

Kind regards,
Klara Modin
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