[RFC PATCH 4/7] static_call: fix broken static_call_query() for non-exported keys
Peter Zijlstra
peterz at infradead.org
Tue Nov 9 10:56:07 PST 2021
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 05:45:46PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> static_call_query() accesses the func member of the static call key
> directly, which means that it is broken for cases where it is used from
> a module and the key resides elsewhere and is not exported.
>
Arguably when the module can't change the value, it shouldn't be having
any interest in obtaining said value either.
I really think you're exporting too much. Modules aren't good, they
deserve to suffer.
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