Re: [PATCH 2/2] [v2] kallsyms: rework symbol lookup return codes

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 03:53:02PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

SNIP

> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 05c0024815bf9..bc0eed24a5873 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -6965,7 +6965,7 @@ allocate_ftrace_mod_map(struct module *mod,
>  	return mod_map;
>  }
>  
> -static const char *
> +static int
>  ftrace_func_address_lookup(struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map,
>  			   unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
>  			   unsigned long *off, char *sym)
> @@ -6986,21 +6986,18 @@ ftrace_func_address_lookup(struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map,
>  			*size = found_func->size;
>  		if (off)
>  			*off = addr - found_func->ip;
> -		if (sym)
> -			strscpy(sym, found_func->name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
> -
> -		return found_func->name;
> +		return strlcpy(sym, found_func->name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);

hi,
any reason not to call the original strscpy in here?

jirka

>  	}
>  
> -	return NULL;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -const char *
> +int
>  ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
>  		   unsigned long *off, char **modname, char *sym)
>  {
>  	struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map;
> -	const char *ret = NULL;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	/* mod_map is freed via call_rcu() */
>  	preempt_disable();
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>