On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM Alexey Gladkov <leg...@kernel.org> 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 <leg...@kernel.org> > Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pa...@suse.com> > --- > 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. Can we come up with a different idea in case <modname> contains hyphens? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
