linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] linkage: better symbol aliasing

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:28:11 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        acme@...hat.com, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] linkage: better symbol aliasing

On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 12:32, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:
>
> This series aims to make symbol aliasing simpler and more consistent.
> The basic idea is to replace SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(alias) and
> SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(alias) with a new SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(alias, name), so
> that e.g.
>
>     SYM_FUNC_START(func)
>     SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(alias1)
>     SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(alias2)
>         ... asm insns ...
>     SYM_FUNC_END(func)
>     SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(alias1)
>     SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(alias2)
>     EXPORT_SYMBOL(alias1)
>     EXPORT_SYMBOL(alias2)
>
> ... can become:
>
>     SYM_FUNC_START(name)
>         ... asm insns ...
>     SYM_FUNC_END(name)
>
>     SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(alias1, func)
>     EXPORT_SYMBOL(alias1)
>
>     SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(alias2, func)
>     EXPORT_SYMBOL(alias2)
>
> This avoids repetition and hopefully make it easier to ensure
> consistency (e.g. so each function has a single canonical name and
> associated metadata).
>

I take it this affects the sizes of the alias ELF symbols? Does that matter?