Re: [PATCH 2/5] module: Remove unnecessary +1 from last_unloaded_module::name size
From: Daniel Gomez
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 15:49:56 EST
On 30/06/2025 16.32, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> The variable last_unloaded_module::name tracks the name of the last
> unloaded module. It is a string copy of module::name, which is
> MODULE_NAME_LEN bytes in size and includes the NUL terminator. Therefore,
> the size of last_unloaded_module::name can also be just MODULE_NAME_LEN,
> without the need for an extra byte.
>
> Fixes: e14af7eeb47e ("debug: track and print last unloaded module in the oops trace")
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/module/main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index 933a9854cb7d..04173543639c 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ MODINFO_ATTR(version);
> MODINFO_ATTR(srcversion);
>
> static struct {
> - char name[MODULE_NAME_LEN + 1];
> + char name[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
> char taints[MODULE_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE];
> } last_unloaded_module;
>
LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>