[PATCH v2 12/12] kprobes: remove dependcy on CONFIG_MODULES

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Fri Jun 16 23:52:16 PDT 2023


On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 01:44:55PM +0200, Björn Töpel wrote:
> Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> writes:
> 
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>
> >
> > kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
> > code.
> 
> I think you can remove the MODULES dependency from BPF_JIT as well:

Yeah, I think so. Thanks!
 
> --8<--
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> index 2dfe1079f772..fa4587027f8b 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ config BPF_JIT
>         bool "Enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
>         depends on BPF
>         depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
> -       depends on MODULES
>         help
>           BPF programs are normally handled by a BPF interpreter. This option
>           allows the kernel to generate native code when a program is loaded
> --8<--
> 
> 
> Björn

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



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