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[v3] arch/arm/Kconfig: default ARM_MODULE_PLTS to 'y'

Message ID 20180305143405.12187-1-anders.roxell@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit e7229f7db9397ea44f142c4f6b72627a0fbd079b
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Series [v3] arch/arm/Kconfig: default ARM_MODULE_PLTS to 'y' | expand

Commit Message

Anders Roxell March 5, 2018, 2:34 p.m. UTC
While testing multi_v7_defconfig with config fragments that makes the
kernel size to grow. 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 enabling too much in the kernel without
enabling ARM_MODULE_PLTS, is that the top of the kernel gets out of
reach from the bottom of the module area.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>

---
 arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.11.0

Comments

Ard Biesheuvel March 23, 2018, 9:12 a.m. UTC | #1
On 5 March 2018 at 22:34, Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> wrote:
> While testing multi_v7_defconfig with config fragments that makes the

> kernel size to grow. 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 enabling too much in the kernel without

> enabling ARM_MODULE_PLTS, is that the top of the kernel gets out of

> reach from the bottom of the module area.

>

> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>


Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>


> ---

>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 +++-

>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

>

> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig

> index 7e3d53575486..6831f2d4ee75 100644

> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig

> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig

> @@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ 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

> @@ -1711,7 +1712,8 @@ config ARM_MODULE_PLTS

>           rounding up to page size, the actual memory footprint is usually

>           the same.

>

> -         Say y if you are getting out of memory errors while loading modules

> +         Disabling this is usually safe for small single-platform

> +         configurations. If unsure, say y.

>

>  source "mm/Kconfig"

>

> --

> 2.11.0

>

>

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diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7e3d53575486..6831f2d4ee75 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@  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
@@ -1711,7 +1712,8 @@  config ARM_MODULE_PLTS
 	  rounding up to page size, the actual memory footprint is usually
 	  the same.
 
-	  Say y if you are getting out of memory errors while loading modules
+	  Disabling this is usually safe for small single-platform
+	  configurations. If unsure, say y.
 
 source "mm/Kconfig"