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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] Allocate module text and data separately
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 09:22:11AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> This series allow architectures to request having modules data in
> vmalloc area instead of module area.
>
> This is required on powerpc book3s/32 in order to set data non
> executable, because it is not possible to set executability on page
> basis, this is done per 256 Mbytes segments. The module area has exec
> right, vmalloc area has noexec.
>
> This can also be useful on other powerpc/32 in order to maximize the
> chance of code being close enough to kernel core to avoid branch
> trampolines.

Am I understanding that this entire effort is for 32-bit powerpc?
If so, why such an interest in 32-bit these days?

Luis

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