Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] arm64/modules: Add rlimit checking for arm64 modules

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Dave Hansen [11/10/18 16:47 -0700]:
> On 10/11/2018 04:31 PM, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> > +	if (check_inc_mod_rlimit(size))
> > +		return NULL;
> > +
> >  	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN, module_alloc_base,
> >  				module_alloc_base + MODULES_VSIZE,
> >  				gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0,
> > @@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
> >  		return NULL;
> >  	}
> >
> > +	update_mod_rlimit(p, size);
>
> Is there a reason we couldn't just rename all of the existing per-arch
> module_alloc() calls to be called, say, "arch_module_alloc()", then put
> this new rlimit code in a generic helper that does:
>
>
> 	if (check_inc_mod_rlimit(size))
> 		return NULL;
>
> 	p = arch_module_alloc(...);
>
> 	...
>
> 	update_mod_rlimit(p, size);

I second this suggestion. Just make module_{alloc,memfree} generic,
non-weak functions that call the rlimit helpers in addition to the
arch-specific arch_module_{alloc,memfree} functions.

Jessica