Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] mm/vmalloc: introduce vmalloc_exec which allocates RO+X memory

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:18:44AM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> +/**
> + * vmalloc_exec - allocate RO+X memory in kernel text space
> + * @size:	allocation size
> + *
> + * Allocate @size of RO+X memory in kernel text space. This memory can be
> + * used to serve dynamic kernel text, such as BPF programs.
> + *
> + * The memory allocated is filled illegal instructions.
> + *
> + * Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL on error
> + */
> +void *vmalloc_exec(size_t size)
> +{
> +	return vmalloc_exec_pack_alloc(size);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmalloc_exec);

NAK! modules do *NOT* get to allocate text.