# Re: \[PATCH 1/5\] kallsyms: pass buffer size in sprint\_\* APIs

- From: Andy Shevchenko \<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com\>
- Date: 2022-05-22 09:43:19 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2022/05/229481
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2022/05/229387/t.md

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On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 03:52:01PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 5/20/22 04:36, Maninder Singh wrote:

...

> > -		sprint_symbol(sym, addr);
> > +		sprint_symbol(sym, KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN, addr);
> 
> Instead of hardcoding KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN everywhere, will it better to hide it
> like this:
> 
>         extern int __sprint_symbol(char *buffer, size_t size, unsigned long
> address);
>         #define sprint_symbol(buf, addr)        __sprint_symbol(buf,
> sizeof(buf), addr)
> 
> Or you can use sizeof(buf) directly instead of KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN.

This assumes that buf is defined as char [], which might be not always the
case. If you are going with the macro, than ARRAY_SIZE() seems appropriate
to perform a check against the above mentioned constraint.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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