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On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 06:44:45AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 08:47:38AM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 02:59:27AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile > > > index 553866751e1a..d2bb954cd54f 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile > > > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile > > > @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE) += cpuidle.o > > > obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API) += dma.o > > > obj-$(CONFIG_FIQ) += fiq.o fiqasm.o > > > obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += armksyms.o module.o > > > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULES),y) > > > +obj-y += module_alloc.o > > > +else > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += module_alloc.o > > > +endif > > > > Doesn't: > > > > obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module_alloc.o > > obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += module_alloc.o > > That just begs for a new kconfig symbol for the object, and for > the object then to be built with it. > > The archs which override the default can use ARCH_HAS_VM_ALLOC_EXEC. > Please note that the respective free is important as well and its > not clear if we need an another define for the free. Someone has > to do that work. We want to ensure to noexec the code on free and > this can vary on each arch. Let me check if I understand this (not 100% sure). So if arch define ARCH_HAS_VMALLOC_EXEC, then this would set config flag CONFIG_VMALLOC_EXEC, which would be used to include the compilation unit? BR, Jarkko
