linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 03/21] modpost: remove get

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Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 22:32:29 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <npitre@...libre.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/21] modpost: remove get_prettyname()

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 6:44 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 8:27 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is the last user of get_pretty_name() - it is just used to
> > distinguish whether the symbol is a function or not. It is not
> > valuable information.
>
> I thought it's a nice touch. Not like it should slow things down
> unless there are extable warnings to report. May we keep it?


I do not think so.

The ex_table quite often points to assembly code, where
the distinction of function/data is not so important.

The extable has a lot of code just to print annoyingly
long error messages.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada