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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 16:17:58 +0530
From:   afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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Subject: Re: ARM: static kernel in vmalloc space
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Hi,

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 05:29:29PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> What do you currently do with the module address space?

In the current setup, module address space was untouched, i.e. virtual
address difference b/n text & module space is far greater than 32MB, at
least > (2+768+16)MB and modules can't be loaded unless ARM_MODULE_PLTS
is enabled (this was checked now)

> easiest way is to just always put modules into vmalloc space, as we already
> do with CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS when the special area gets full,
> but that could be optimized once the rest works.

Okay

Regards
afzal