2 files changed, 57 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/execmem.h b/include/linux/execmem.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8eebc8ef66e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/execmem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H
+#define _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
+
+/**
+ * enum execmem_type - types of executable memory ranges
+ *
+ * There are several subsystems that allocate executable memory.
+ * Architectures define different restrictions on placement,
+ * permissions, alignment and other parameters for memory that can be used
+ * by these subsystems.
+ * Types in this enum identify subsystems that allocate executable memory
+ * and let architectures define parameters for ranges suitable for
+ * allocations by each subsystem.
+ *
+ * @EXECMEM_DEFAULT: default parameters that would be used for types that
+ * are not explicitly defined.
+ * @EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT: parameters for module text sections
+ * @EXECMEM_KPROBES: parameters for kprobes
+ * @EXECMEM_FTRACE: parameters for ftrace
+ * @EXECMEM_BPF: parameters for BPF
+ * @EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX:
+ */
+enum execmem_type {
+	EXECMEM_DEFAULT,
+	EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT = EXECMEM_DEFAULT,
+	EXECMEM_KPROBES,
+	EXECMEM_FTRACE,
+	EXECMEM_BPF,
+	EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX,
+};
+
+/**
+ * execmem_alloc - allocate executable memory
+ * @type: type of the allocation
+ * @size: how many bytes of memory are required
+ *
+ * Allocates memory that will contain executable code, either generated or
+ * loaded from kernel modules.
+ *
+ * The memory will have protections defined by architecture for executable
+ * region of the @type.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL
+ */
+void *execmem_alloc(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * execmem_free - free executable memory
+ * @ptr: pointer to the memory that should be freed
+ */
+void execmem_free(void *ptr);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
index 89b1e0ed9811..a3b8caee9405 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ unsigned int arch_mod_section_prepend(struct module *mod, unsigned int section);
    sections.  Returns NULL on failure. */
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size);
 
-/* Free memory returned from module_alloc. */
-void module_memfree(void *module_region);
-
 /* Determines if the section name is an init section (that is only used during
  * module loading).
  */