linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] scripts/gdb: Use d_shortname instead of d

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Message-ID: <20250525214159.GV2023217@ZenIV>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 22:41:59 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Illia Ostapyshyn <illia@...yn.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Kieran Bingham <kbingham@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] scripts/gdb: Use d_shortname instead of d_iname

On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 11:37:10PM +0200, Illia Ostapyshyn wrote:
> Commit 58cf9c383c5c68666808 ("dcache: back inline names with a
> struct-wrapped array of unsigned long") introduced a d_shortname union
> in place of d_iname.  However, the gdb scripts for vfs still reference
> the old field.  Update the scripts to reference the correct field and
> union member.

You do realize that for dentries with names longer than 40 characters
that field contains garbage, right?