linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gdb: lx-symbols: store the abspath()

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Message-Id: <20210223155905.ef395fd41affb2a49daf9bbd@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:59:05 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kieran Bingham <kbingham@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gdb: lx-symbols: store the abspath()

On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:12:17 +0100 Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2020-12-17 at 09:31 +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > On 17.12.20 09:17, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > If we store the relative path, the user might later cd to a
> > > different directory, and that would break the automatic symbol
> > > resolving that happens when a module is loaded into the target
> > > kernel. Fix this by storing the abspath() of each path given,
> > > just like we already do for the cwd (os.getcwd() is absolute.)
> 
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
> 
> So ... I'm still carrying this patch.
> 
> Anyone want to send it to Linus? Andrew, maybe you?

Sure, I'll grab it after -rc1.