linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 49/63] objtool/klp: Add --checksum option to generate per-function checksums

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Message-ID: <20251112213930.11915727@pumpkin>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:39:30 +0000
From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@...il.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>, "x86@...nel.org"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 49/63] objtool/klp: Add --checksum option to generate
 per-function checksums

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:16:59 -0800
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 01:25:57PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:32:02 +0000 Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com> wrote:  
> > > From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 8:04 PM  
> > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:26:18AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:    
..
> > > > Does "$(pound)" work?  This seems to work here:  
> > 
> > Please not 'pound' - that is the uk currency symbol (not what US greengrocers
> > scrawl for lb).  
> 
> While I do call it the "pound sign", I can't take the credit/blame for
> that name it as the variable already exists.
> 
> It's better than "hashtag" which is what my kids call it :-/

'£' is a "pound sign", '#' is a "hash".

	David