Re: [PATCH 4/5] tracing: Replace MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN with MODULE_NAME_LEN

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Jul 28 2025 - 10:34:34 EST


On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:48:01 +0200
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 30/06/2025 16.32, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> > Use the MODULE_NAME_LEN definition in module_exists() to obtain the maximum
> > size of a module name, instead of using MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN. The values
> > are the same but MODULE_NAME_LEN is more appropriate in this context.
> > MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN was added in commit 730b69d22525 ("module: check
> > kernel param length at compile time, not runtime") only to break a circular
> > dependency between module.h and moduleparam.h, and should mostly be limited
> > to use in moduleparam.h.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Steven, Masami,
>
> I'm planning to merge these series into modules-next. I think and Ack/Review
> would be great from you. Otherwise, let me know if you'd rather take this patch
> through tracing instead (in case it looks good from your side).

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> > ---
> >
> > As a side note, I suspect the function module_exists() would be better
> > replaced with !!find_module() + RCU locking, but that is a separate issue.

Yeah, that is probably something that should be done too.

Thanks,

-- Steve