Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] modpost: Make mod_device_table aliases more unique

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 04:52:36PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > In order to avoid symbol conflicts if they appear in the same binary, a
> > > more unique alias identifier can be generated.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  include/linux/module.h   | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > >  scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> > >  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> > > index 88048561360f..e7506684069d 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/module.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> > > @@ -249,10 +249,20 @@ struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
> > >  /* What your module does. */
> > >  #define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(_description) MODULE_INFO(description, _description)
> > >
> > > +/* Format: __mod_device_table__<counter>__kmod_<modname>__<type>__<name> */
> >
> > This format relies on module-name mangling, but
> > I hope we will be able to stop doing it some day.
>
> I didn't like this approach either when I found out how it was
> implemented.

Yeah, I dislike it.

I hope we can stop this historical mistake:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250602130609.402581-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/

Once we stop doing that, __KBUILD_MODNAME will not match to KBUILD_MODNAME.


Also, you need to be careful about the rust side, as
you did not take care of it.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v6.15/rust/kernel/device_id.rs#L157




>
> We can only add the module name to the structure to which the alias is
> made. But the problem with this is that right now there is no common
> structure for DEVICE_TABLE. Each module comes up with its own.
>
> It is possible to add a common structure, but that would be a big
> refactoring.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada





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