Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] module: Rename module_alloc() to text_alloc() and move to kernel proper

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:03:45 -0400
Steven Rostedt [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:33:14 +0100
Mark Rutland [off-list ref] wrote:

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Should work for all cases. Yes, we might then want something like a per
arch:

	{BPF,FTRACE,KPROBE}_TEXT_TYPE  

... at that point why not:

  text_alloc_ftrace();
  text_alloc_module();
  text_alloc_bpf();
  text_alloc_kprobe();

I don't know about bpf and kprobes, but for ftrace, the only place that
it allocates text happens to be in arch specific code.

If you want something special for ftrace, you could just add your own
function. But for x86, a text_alloc_immediate() would work.
(BTW, I like the function names over the enums)

kprobes will need the text_alloc_immediate() too, since it will use
the trampoline buffer where jumps to/from kernel code/modules.

Thanks,

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Masami Hiramatsu [off-list ref]