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

[Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 01:18:25AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 07:58:41PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 04:45:36PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In order to avoid symbol conflicts if they appear in the same binary, a
> > > > > > more unique alias identifier can be generated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why must this be unique?
> > > > >
> > > > > What problem would happen if the same symbol names
> > > > > appear in MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()?
> > > >
> > > > Before these patches this was not a problem as non-unique characters are
> > > > in separate object files when the module is compiled separately.
> > > >
> > > > But when the modules are compiled into the kernel, there is a symbol
> > > > conflict when linking vmlinuz. We have modules that export multiple device
> > > > tables from different object files.
> > >
> > > This is because the __mod_device_table__* symbols are global, but
> > > I suspect they do not need to be.
> > >
> > > Let's test this
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250602105539.392362-1-masahiroy@kernel.org/T/#u
> >
> > I tested this patch with the config:
> >
> > make allmodconfig
> > make mod2yesconfig
> >
> > and it works.
> 
> Good.
> Then, __COUNTER__ is unnecessary.

I will send a new version asap. Thanks!

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Rgrds, legion