Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 0/5] bpf_prog_pack followup

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Tue Jul 12 2022 - 00:24:32 EST


On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 09:18:53PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> A vmalloc_ro_exec() by definition would imply a text_poke().
>
> Can kprobes, ftrace and modules use it too? It would be nice
> so to not have to deal with the loose semantics on the user to
> have to use set_vm_flush_reset_perms() on ro+x later, but
> I think this can be addressed separately on a case by case basis.

And who knows, if they can, and can also share a huge page allocator
then they may also share similar performance improvements.

Luis