On 04/13/15 at 06:13P, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 09:15:54PM +0800, Minfei Huang wrote: > > For now, the kallsyms will only store the first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1). The > > kallsyms name is same for the function which first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1) is > > same, but the rest is not. > > > > Then function will never be patched, although function name and address > > are provided both. The reason caused this bug is livepatch cannt > > recognize the function name. > > > > Now, livepatch will verify the function name with first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1) > > and address, if provided. Once they are matched, we can confirm that the > > patched function is found. > > From scripts/kallsyms.c: > > if (strlen(str) > KSYM_NAME_LEN) { > fprintf(stderr, "Symbol %s too long for kallsyms (%zu vs %d).\n" > "Please increase KSYM_NAME_LEN both in kernel and kallsyms.c\n", > str, strlen(str), KSYM_NAME_LEN); > return -1; > } > > So I think such a long symbol name wouldn't be added to the kallsyms > database in the first place. > Actually, kernel allows overlength function name to be used. Following is my testing module. We can got the address in /proc/kallsyms. $ cat /proc/kallsyms | grep sysfs_print ffffffffa0000000 t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_pri [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000010 t kobj_release [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000020 t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_pri [sysfs_print] ffffffffa00004e0 b root_kobj [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000200 d print_ktype [sysfs_print] ffffffffa00004a0 b print_kobj [sysfs_print] ffffffffa000004c t sys_print_exit [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000144 r __func__.14514 [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000230 d kobj_attrs [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000240 d sys_print_kobj_attr [sysfs_print] ffffffffa0000260 d __this_module [sysfs_print] ffffffffa000004c t cleanup_module [sysfs_print] Code: static ssize_t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_store(struct kobject *kobj, s const char *buf, size_t count) { return count; } static ssize_t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) { return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE-1, "%s\n", "This is printed by module"); } static struct kobj_attribute sys_print_kobj_attr = __ATTR_RW(sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_p static struct attribute *kobj_attrs[] = { &sys_print_kobj_attr.attr, NULL }; Thanks Minfei > -- > Josh > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html