Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:08:37 +0100 | From | Mattias Jacobsson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modpost: file2alias: define size of alias |
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Hi Masahiro,
On 2019-02-18, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Mattias, > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 9:31 PM Mattias Jacobsson <2pi@mok.nu> wrote: > > > > The size of the variable alias provided to do_entry functions are > > currently not readily available. Thus hindering do_entry functions to > > perform bounds checking. > > > > Define the macro ALIAS_SIZE containing the size of the variable alias. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mattias Jacobsson <2pi@mok.nu> > > > Sorry for late reply. > > I can apply this to my kbuild tree shortly, but > it looks like a prerequisite for your > "platform/x86: wmi: use MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() instead of MODULE_ALIAS()" > > > If you want all the patches to go through x86 platform-driver tree, > I am fine with that too.
I don't mind either way, however I've asked the x86 platform-driver maintainers if they have a preference in this matter. You should have received that mail otherwise see [1].
[1]: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/082d3d38b7dde6050b6b3e518ada439eade65b2c.1550603967.git.2pi@mok.nu
> > Please let me know what you want. > > Thanks. > > > > -- > Best Regards > Masahiro Yamada
Thanks, Mattias
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