changing the kernel loadable module size

[rinjo]

Hi,

I was trying to load a module using insmod, but the module did not load, as the size of the module was too big.
Is there any limit to the size of kernel module that can be loaded onto Linux?
If there is, is there any way to changing this limit?

Any pointers will be highly appreciated.

--Rinjo

[Rubberman]

Did you build the module with debugging enabled? This is the most common reason for this error. If you want it to be debuggable, you have to build the entire kernel and all related modules as debuggable as well (flags CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO and CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL enabled). Otherwise, just build your module without debugging info and it will probably shrink to where the kernel is happy to load it.

[rinjo]

Thanks Rubberman.
Yes, I was trying to place the module in a kernel that was not build with debug on. I will build the kernel in debug mode and they try and insert the module.
And now I am bit inquisitive... Is there some configurable kernel parameter that decides what is the max size of kernel module that can be inserted?

[Rubberman]

Thanks Rubberman.
Yes, I was trying to place the module in a kernel that was not build with debug on. I will build the kernel in debug mode and they try and insert the module.
And now I am bit inquisitive... Is there some configurable kernel parameter that decides what is the max size of kernel module that can be inserted?

Don't know off-hand since I haven't run into this problem in the past, but I'll check and get back to you about that. Is this for a 32-bit, or 64-bit system?

[Rubberman]

Ok. What I came up with is that the load_module() function used will bail out if a module file is greater than 64MB in size. How big is your module?

[rinjo]

Thanks again.
Oops! The kernel module that I was trying to load is about 80MB is size.
I guess I will need to rework on the module and make it fit into that 64MB limit, to make it loadable.