linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 07/10] modpost: Add modname to mod_device

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Message-ID: <CANiq72krLSP=xe9tMj5sPaBDmEK09x2J_CsbY5cU0wNAj_ffRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:00:22 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>, 
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, 
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, 
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/10] modpost: Add modname to mod_device_table alias

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> At this point, if a symbol is compiled as part of the kernel,
> information about which module the symbol belongs to is lost.
>
> To save this it is possible to add the module name to the alias name.
> It's not very pretty, but it's possible for now.
>
> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Thanks for the ping -- Cc'ing as well Andreas who is working on module
bits lately (but is away right now) and Danilo who maintains the
modified file:

Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel