Re: [PATCHv2] arch/arm/Kconfig: default ARM_MODULE_PLTS to 'y'

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While testing multi_v7_defconfig with LOCKDEP enabled, the kernel
> fails to load simple modules, as reported by kselftest:
>
> [   34.107620] test_printf: section 4 reloc 2 sym 'memset': relocation
> 28 out of range (0xbf046044 -> 0xc109f720)
> selftests: printf.sh [FAIL]
>
> The problem that is seen when LOCKDEP is enabled without
> ARM_MODULE_PLTS, is that LOCKDEP eats so much memory that the top of the
> kernel gets out of reach from the bottom of the module area.

I think we could still use a better explanation here, as Russell said anything
could cause the size to grow too much, it's just that you happened to run into
it through lockdep, which can cause a very significant growth.

      Arnd

> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 51c8df561077..8014c8c322df 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -1702,6 +1702,7 @@ config ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB
>  config ARM_MODULE_PLTS
>         bool "Use PLTs to allow module memory to spill over into vmalloc area"
>         depends on MODULES
> +       default y
>         help
>           Allocate PLTs when loading modules so that jumps and calls whose
>           targets are too far away for their relative offsets to be encoded
> --
> 2.11.0
>