RE: [PATCH 1/1] arch:hexagon/powerpc: use KSYM_NAME_LEN in array size

[Maninder Singh]

Hi Peter,

>
> The best solution would be to pass the buffer size as an extra
> parameter. Especially when some code passes buffers that are
> allocated/reserved dynamically.
> 
> Sigh, I am not sure how many changes it would require in kallsyms
> API and all the callers. But it would be really appreciated, IMHO.
> 

yes we already prepared size changes 5-6 months back:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YonTOL4zC4CytVrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/t/

[PATCH 1/5] kallsyms: pass buffer size in sprint_* APIs

But at that time  new API development(for replacement of seq_buf) was in progress and we decided to wait for that completion.

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220604193042.1674951-2-kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220604193042.1674951-4-kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx

As I checeked these APIs are not pushed to mainline.

we will try to prepare new patch set for kallsym changes again 
with seq_buf to take care of length argument.

Thanks,
Maninder Singh