Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] mm/execmem, arch: convert simple overrides of module_alloc to execmem

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Thu Oct 05 2023 - 14:12:43 EST


On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 10:29 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> +/**
> + * struct execmem_range - definition of a memory range suitable for
> code and
> + *                       related data allocations
> + * @start:     address space start
> + * @end:       address space end (inclusive)
> + * @pgprot:    permissions for memory in this address space
> + * @alignment: alignment required for text allocations
> + */
> +struct execmem_range {
> +       unsigned long   start;
> +       unsigned long   end;
> +       pgprot_t        pgprot;
> +       unsigned int    alignment;
> +};

Not a strong opinion, but range doesn't seem an appropriate name. It
*has* a range, but also other allocation configuration. It gets
especially confusing when multiple "ranges" have the same range. Maybe
execmem_alloc_params?