Re: [PATCHv2] mm: do not export const kfree and kstrdup variants

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Sep 24 2024 - 02:15:11 EST


On (24/09/24 14:08), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Both kfree_const() and kstrdup_const() use __start_rodata
> and __end_rodata, which do not work for modules. This is
> especially important for kfree_const(). Stop exporting
> these functions, as they cannot be used in the modules.

Just for linux-mm visibility, consider this patch RFC,
more discussions on this at [1] and [2]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240924054151.GL38742@xxxxxxxxxx
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240924054951.GM38742@xxxxxxxxxx