Re: [PATCH 07/32] mm: Bring back vmalloc_exec

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue Jun 20 2023 - 14:49:01 EST


>> No, I'm saying your concerns are baseless and too vague to
>> address.
> If you don't address them, the NAK will stand forever, or at least
> until a different group of people take over x86 maintainership.
> That's fine with me.

I've got a specific concern: I don't see vmalloc_exec() used in this
series anywhere. I also don't see any of the actual assembly that's
being generated, or the glue code that's calling into the generated
assembly.

I grepped around a bit in your git trees, but I also couldn't find it in
there. Any chance you could help a guy out and point us to some of the
specifics of this new, tiny JIT?

>> Andy, I replied explaining the difference between text_poke() and
>> text_poke_sync(). It's clear you have no idea what you're talking about,
>> so I'm not going to be wasting my time on further communications with
>> you.

One more specific concern: This comment made me very uncomfortable and
it read to me very much like a personal attack, something which is
contrary to our code of conduct.