Re: [PATCH] connector/cn_proc: make comm length as TASK_COMM_LEN.

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Fri Feb 16 2024 - 13:57:18 EST


> --- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct proc_event {
> struct comm_proc_event {
> __kernel_pid_t process_pid;
> __kernel_pid_t process_tgid;
> - char comm[16];
> + char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
> } comm;

No, 16 must remain 16.

This is ABI header, and TASK_COMM_LEN is in sched.h which is NOT ABI
header. This breaks compilation for everyone using it outside of kernel.

TASK_COMM_LEN is probably fixed at this point by countless trace events
but still... unless you've moving TASK_COMM_LEN to uapi/ too, this is
wrong.