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module_alloc() first tries to allocate module text within 24 bits direct jump from kernel text, and tries a wider allocation if first one fails. When first allocation fails the following is observed in kernel logs: vmap allocation for size 2400256 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size systemd-udevd: vmalloc error: size 2395133, vm_struct allocation failed, mode:0xcc0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null) CPU: 0 PID: 127 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G W 5.15.5-gentoo-PowerMacG4 #9 Call Trace: [e2a53a50] [c0ba0048] dump_stack_lvl+0x80/0xb0 (unreliable) [e2a53a70] [c0540128] warn_alloc+0x11c/0x2b4 [e2a53b50] [c0531be8] __vmalloc_node_range+0xd8/0x64c [e2a53c10] [c00338c0] module_alloc+0xa0/0xac [e2a53c40] [c027a368] load_module+0x2ae0/0x8148 [e2a53e30] [c027fc78] sys_finit_module+0xfc/0x130 [e2a53f30] [c0035098] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x28 ... Add __GFP_NOWARN flag to first allocation so that no warning appears when it fails. Reported-by: Erhard Furtner <erhard_f@mailbox.org> Fixes: 2ec13df16704 ("powerpc/modules: Load modules closer to kernel text") Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/93c9b84d6ec76aaf7b4f03468e22433a6d308674.1638267035.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.