| Message ID | 20180305143405.12187-1-anders.roxell@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
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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 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel
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"
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(-)