Re: [PATCH v2] module: make it clearer when we're handling kallsyms symbols vs exported symbols

Jessica Yu
2018-11-29T18:00:58Z

+++ Miroslav Benes [29/11/18 09:18 +0100]:
>On Fri, 23 Nov 2018, Jessica Yu wrote:
>
>> The module loader internally works with both exported symbols
>> represented as struct kernel_symbol, as well as Elf symbols from a
>> module's symbol table. It's hard to distinguish sometimes which type of
>> symbol we're handling given that some helper function names are not
>> consistent or helpful. Take get_ksymbol() for instance - are we
>> looking for an exported symbol or a kallsyms symbol here? Or symname()
>> and kernel_symbol_name() - which function handles an exported symbol and
>> which one an Elf symbol?
>>
>> Clean up and unify the function naming scheme a bit to make it clear
>> which kind of symbol we're handling. This change only affects static
>> functions internal to the module loader.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
>
>Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

Applied, thanks!

Jessica