linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] modpost: Add modname to mod_device

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Message-Id: <DC2HYF56GPWI.2EIEHWAGVK9AI@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:17:07 +0200
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>
To: "Alexey Gladkov" <legion@...nel.org>
Cc: "Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@...nel.org>, "Nicolas Schier"
 <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, "Masahiro Yamada" <masahiroy@...nel.org>, "Petr
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] modpost: Add modname to mod_device_table alias

On Thu Aug 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM CEST, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> Again, no. We need the entire symbol to be unique so that the linker
> doesn't complain. In fact, this symbol will later be removed from the elf.
> It is only needed for the modpost utility.

Gotcha -- I think I got confused; for the device ID parts:

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>