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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] ARM: option for loading modules into vmalloc area
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:57:15AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > I don't think I ever did, because its pretty much impossible to do as I
> > explained in a follow up to this thread.
> >
> > We _used_ to do this with the userspace insmod methods, but since we got
> > this kernel-side linker, it's been pretty much impossible to do without
> > rewriting the module code. That's not going to happen on account of one
> > quirky architecture which Linus doesn't particularly like.
>
> Still... We could try adding a hook in the generic module linker code
> for a pre-relocation pass. Maybe only ARM would use it, but if the need
> to load big modules is real then I imagine Linus could be amenable to a
> compromise.

So, how big a table would you allocate for the trampolines, based upon
not knowing anything about the module being loaded? 4K? 8K? 64K?

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