Re: [PATCH v3 02/13] mm: introduce execmem_text_alloc() and execmem_free()
From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-09-21 22:15:25
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 12:30 AM Mike Rapoport [off-list ref] wrote:
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+/**
+ * enum execmem_type - types of executable memory ranges
+ *
+ * There are several subsystems that allocate executable memory.
+ * Architectures define different restrictions on placement,
+ * permissions, alignment and other parameters for memory that can be used
+ * by these subsystems.
+ * Types in this enum identify subsystems that allocate executable memory
+ * and let architectures define parameters for ranges suitable for
+ * allocations by each subsystem.
+ *
+ * @EXECMEM_DEFAULT: default parameters that would be used for types that
+ * are not explcitly defined.
+ * @EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT: parameters for module text sections
+ * @EXECMEM_KPROBES: parameters for kprobes
+ * @EXECMEM_FTRACE: parameters for ftrace
+ * @EXECMEM_BPF: parameters for BPF
+ * @EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX:
+ */
+enum execmem_type {
+ EXECMEM_DEFAULT,I found EXECMEM_DEFAULT more confusing than helpful. Song
+ EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT = EXECMEM_DEFAULT, + EXECMEM_KPROBES, + EXECMEM_FTRACE, + EXECMEM_BPF, + EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX, +}; +
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