Re: [PATCH v8 6/8] modpost: Add modname to mod_device_table alias

[Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 10:05:50AM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> At this point, if a symbol is compiled as part of the kernel,
> information about which module the symbol belongs to is lost.
> 
> To save this it is possible to add the module name to the alias name.
> It's not very pretty, but it's possible for now.
> 
> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
> Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/module.h   | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  rust/kernel/device_id.rs |  8 ++++----
>  scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>

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Nicolas