Thread (65 messages) 65 messages, 12 authors, 2023-07-17

Re: [PATCH v2 12/12] kprobes: remove dependcy on CONFIG_MODULES

From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-06-17 06:53:12
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 01:44:55PM +0200, Björn Töpel wrote:
Mike Rapoport [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>

kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.
I think you can remove the MODULES dependency from BPF_JIT as well:
Yeah, I think so. Thanks!
 
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--8<--
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
index 2dfe1079f772..fa4587027f8b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ config BPF_JIT
        bool "Enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
        depends on BPF
        depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
-       depends on MODULES
        help
          BPF programs are normally handled by a BPF interpreter. This option
          allows the kernel to generate native code when a program is loaded
--8<--

Björn
-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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