Re: decruft the vmalloc API

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Apr 08 2020 - 12:07:49 EST


On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 05:03:24PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> I haven't read all your patches yet.
>
> Have you tested it on 32-bit ARM, where the module area is located
> _below_ PAGE_OFFSET and outside of the vmalloc area?

I have not tested it. However existing in-kernel users that use
different areas (and we have quite a few of those) have not been
changed at all. I think the arm32 module loader (like various other
module loaders) falls into that category.