linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] module: process aliasing when debugging

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Message-ID: <CAB=NE6XDLBpXbBfjC1254xpEzsUvwZddz_5mfFaSR2RK3wqE5g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:09:21 -0800
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...il.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, hare <hare@...e.com>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] module: process aliasing when debugging

*Poke*

  Luis

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
> Debugging ineractions with userspace can often be a bit of pain, specially
> when trying to figure out who is at fault for an issue. Having the kernel
> process aliases when debugging can help us much faster find who is the
> culprit to an issue.
>
> I've been carrying this around privately in my tree since 2016 but it seems
> others can benefit from similar debugging functionality so pushing this out
> for integration and wider review.
>
> Further testing, thoughts, reviews, flames are all equally appreciated.
>
> Luis R. Rodriguez (3):
>   module: use goto errors on check_modinfo() and layout_and_allocate()
>   module: add helper get_modinfo_idx()
>   module: add debugging alias parsing support
>
>  include/linux/module.h |   4 ++
>  init/Kconfig           |   7 +++
>  kernel/module.c        | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.15.0
>