# Re: \[PATCH v5\] kallsyms: new /proc/kallmodsyms with builtin modules

- From: Kees Cook \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-29 23:34:43 
- List: linux-modules
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-modules/2021/09/1526403
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-modules/2021/09/1526321/t.md

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On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 10:51:47PM +0100, Nick Alcock wrote:
> It would be useful if there were a mapping between kernel symbol and module
> name that only changed when the kernel source code is changed.  This mapping
> should not change simply because a module becomes built into the kernel.
> 
> It might also be useful if there were reliable symbol size information to
> determine whether an address is within a symbol or outside it, especially
> given that there could be huge gaps between symbols.

This is a pretty cool series, but I'm left wondering "for what reason?" :)
Perhaps I missed the specific rationale; there was a lot to run. ;)

It would be useful, sure, but is there something that does, in fact,
need this, or would like this if it were available? Since this provides
a userspace API, what would be consuming that API? For example, when
Syscall User Dispatch was added, it was clear it was for Wine[1].

-Kees

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/160690190770.3364.5119373826178425644.tip-bot2@tip-bot2/

-- 
Kees Cook
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