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Date:   Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:19:14 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/20] kallsyms: increase maximum kernel symbol length
 to 512
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 <20220212130410.6901-3-ojeda@kernel.org>
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On Sat 2022-02-12 14:03:28, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Rust symbols can become quite long due to namespacing introduced
> by modules, types, traits, generics, etc. For instance,
> the following code:
> 
>     pub mod my_module {
>         pub struct MyType;
>         pub struct MyGenericType<T>(T);
> 
>         pub trait MyTrait {
>             fn my_method() -> u32;
>         }
> 
>         impl MyTrait for MyGenericType<MyType> {
>             fn my_method() -> u32 {
>                 42
>             }
>         }
>     }
> 
> generates a symbol of length 96 when using the upcoming v0 mangling scheme:
> 
>     _RNvXNtCshGpAVYOtgW1_7example9my_moduleINtB2_13MyGenericTypeNtB2_6MyTypeENtB2_7MyTrait9my_method
> 
> At the moment, Rust symbols may reach up to 300 in length.
> Setting 512 as the maximum seems like a reasonable choice to
> keep some headroom.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
> Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
> Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

The livepatch selftest still pass. Feel free to add:

Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>	# livepatch
Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>	# livepatch

Best Regards,
Petr