linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH modules-next v10 00/13] kallsyms: reliable symbol->address lookup with /proc/kallmodsyms

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Message-ID: <ZGv5Fy4nmFxH5bdN@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 16:21:59 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc:     Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eugene.loh@...cle.com,
        kris.van.hees@...cle.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH modules-next v10 00/13] kallsyms: reliable
 symbol->address lookup with /proc/kallmodsyms

On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 05:50:35PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> FYI for devs: I posted RFC of kallsyms with file paths almost a year
> ago[0], but it went unnoticed =\
> 
> `file name + function name` is not a unique pair: in one of FG-KASLR
> discussions, someone even wrote simple script, which showed around 40
> collisions in the kernel. My approach was to include file path starting
> at the kernel root folder, i.e. `net/core/dev.o:register_netdev`.
> I'm not sure why no comments happened back then tho. Maybe you could
> take a look, I'm pretty busy with other projects, but if you find
> anything useful there in the RFC, I could join to a little bit.
> 
> [0]
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220818115306.1109642-1-alexandr.lobakin@intel.com

Petr suggested line number too, that'd fix it too.

  Luis