Re: [PATCH v2] kallsyms: enhance %pS/s/b printing when KALLSYSMS is disabled

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Mar 15 2022 - 06:31:36 EST


On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 03:21:12PM +0530, Maninder Singh wrote:
> print module information when KALLSYMS is disabled.
>
> No change for %pB, as it needs to know symbol name to adjust address
> value which can't be done without KALLSYMS.

...

> +int sprint_kallsym_common(char *buffer, unsigned long address, int build_id,
> + int backtrace, int symbol)
> +{
> + if (backtrace)
> + return __sprint_symbol(buffer, address, -1, 1, build_id);

> + else if (symbol)
> + return __sprint_symbol(buffer, address, 0, 1, build_id);
> + else
> + return __sprint_symbol(buffer, address, 0, 0, 0);

Redundant 'else' in both cases.

> +}

...

> +static int sprint_module_info(char *buf, char *end, unsigned long value,
> + const char *fmt, int modbuildid, int backtrace, int symbol)

fmt is not used.

> +{
> + struct module *mod;
> + unsigned long offset = 0;

> + unsigned long base;

Can it be the same type as core_layout.base? Why not?

> + char *modname;
> + int len;
> + const unsigned char *buildid = NULL;
> +
> + if (is_ksym_addr(value))
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (backtrace || symbol)
> + offset = 1;

I would expect here to have

else
offset = 0;

But see below.

> + preempt_disable();
> + mod = __module_address(value);
> + if (mod) {
> + modname = mod->name;
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID)
> + if (modbuildid)
> + buildid = mod->build_id;
> +#endif

> + if (offset) {

This seems quite confusing because semantically you use offset as a boolean
flag and offset. Why not add a boolean variable with a clear name?

> + base = (unsigned long)mod->core_layout.base;
> + offset = value - base;
> + }
> + }

> +

Probably you can drop this blank line to group entire critical section,
or add a blank line above.

> + preempt_enable();
> + if (!mod)
> + return 0;
> +
> + /* address belongs to module */
> + if (offset)
> + len = sprintf(buf, "0x%p+0x%lx", (void *)base, offset);
> + else

> + len = sprintf(buf, "0x%lx", (void *)value);

What this casting is for? Don't you have a compilation warning?

> + len += fill_name_build_id(buf, modname, modbuildid, buildid, len);
> + return len;

return len + ...;

?

> +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko