linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [v2] kallsyms: rework symbol lookup return codes

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Message-ID: <ZMDS+lM/V5t1qD0D@krava>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:02:02 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [v2] kallsyms: rework symbol lookup return codes

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 03:53:02PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

SNIP

> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 05c0024815bf9..bc0eed24a5873 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -6965,7 +6965,7 @@ allocate_ftrace_mod_map(struct module *mod,
>  	return mod_map;
>  }
>  
> -static const char *
> +static int
>  ftrace_func_address_lookup(struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map,
>  			   unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
>  			   unsigned long *off, char *sym)
> @@ -6986,21 +6986,18 @@ ftrace_func_address_lookup(struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map,
>  			*size = found_func->size;
>  		if (off)
>  			*off = addr - found_func->ip;
> -		if (sym)
> -			strscpy(sym, found_func->name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
> -
> -		return found_func->name;
> +		return strlcpy(sym, found_func->name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);

hi,
any reason not to call the original strscpy in here?

jirka

>  	}
>  
> -	return NULL;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -const char *
> +int
>  ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
>  		   unsigned long *off, char **modname, char *sym)
>  {
>  	struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map;
> -	const char *ret = NULL;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	/* mod_map is freed via call_rcu() */
>  	preempt_disable();
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>