linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: check symbol name offsets

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Message-ID: <Zxa6yEN-ywx259WO@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:34:16 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@...eckmann.org>
Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: check symbol name offsets

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 10:20:38PM +0200, Tobias Stoeckmann wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 12:55:34PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > And then you can make a series with 3 patches for this and your prior one,
> > and you can just refer to the PoC in the fix.
> 
> Thanks for the hint to rebase on modules-next. There is no need for my
> patches, because the checks have been written by Matthew Maurer, which
> cover these cases.
> 
> So... Sorry for the noise and thanks to Matthew for writing them.
> Clarifies that specs are correct and checks were missing. :)

It does not mean that older kernels have them. And selftests are used to
test older kernel, and so the question here is if a patch from Matthew
should be backported, and if so which one? So your PoC test is still welcome.

  Luis