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

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Message-ID: <fccf1dc8-de53-4bb0-9adb-61c2c3a5f569@yshyn.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:04 +0200
From: Illia Ostapyshyn <illia@...yn.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
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 5/25/25 23:41, Al Viro wrote:
> You do realize that for dentries with names longer than 40 characters
> that field contains garbage, right?

Is d_name.name a better choice here?  It seems to always reference the
full valid name.
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