>> In any case, as you've pointed out, duplicates can arise from names in code >> that is not intended to be a module. >> Therefore, relying solely on the module name would not fully address the >> problem you initially aimed to solve. > > From my POV: > > The source path and the line number is enough to distinguish duplicate > symbols even in modules. > > The added module name would just add extra complexity into the kernel > and tools parsing and using the alias. The tracing tools would need to > handle the source path and line number anyway for symbols duplicated > within same module/vmlinux. > > Adding module name for builtin modules might be misleading. It won't > be clear which symbols are in vmlinux binary and which are in > real modules. +1 -- Daniel
