linux-kernel - Re: [OT] Pseudo module name in kallsyms (Re: [PATCH V3 03/13] kprobes: Add symbols for kprobe insn pages)

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Date:   Tue, 3 Mar 2020 09:21:23 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Pseudo module name in kallsyms (Re: [PATCH V3 03/13]
 kprobes: Add symbols for kprobe insn pages)

On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 12:55:24 +0200
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:

> If special characters are a problem, modules also do not start with '-' or
> '_', so would "_kprobes" and "_ftrace" be acceptable to everyone?
> 

Or just be blunt about what it is, and append: "__builtin__" to it:

 [__builtin__kprobes]
 [__builtin__ftrace]
 [__builtin__bpf]

-- Steve