Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/vmalloc: export is_vmalloc_or_module_addr

[Richard Yao]

On Feb 8, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> However, is_vmalloc_addr() only applies to the vmalloc region. While all
>> architectures load kernel modules into virtual memory (to my knowledge),
>> some architectures do not load them into the vmalloc region.
> 
> So?
> 
> People shouldn't do IO to module data, so who cares if something is a
> module address or not?
> 
> The thing is, even module *loading* doesn't do IO to the magic module
> addresses - it loads the module data into regular vmalloc space, and
> then copies it into the final location separately.
> 
> And no module should ever do any IO on random static data (and
> certainly not on code).
> 
> So there is _zero_ reason for a driver or a filesystem to use
> is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(). It's just not a valid question to ask.
> 
> If somebody uses module data/code addresses, we're *better* off with a
> oops or other nasty behavior than to try to make it "work".
> 
>            Linus

I will modify this to use is_vmalloc_addr() and send it back to the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s). Thank-you for taking the time to write that explanation.--
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