Sean noted that scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule will mangle
the module name with s/-/_/g.

Since this happens late in the build, only the kernel needs to bother
with this, the modpost tool still sees the original name.

Reported-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 kernel/module/main.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -170,6 +170,30 @@ static inline void add_taint_module(stru
 }
 
 /*
+ * Like strncmp(), except s/-/_/g as per scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule.
+ */
+static int mod_strncmp(const char *str_a, const char *str_b, size_t n)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		char a = str_a[i];
+		char b = str_b[i];
+		int d;
+
+		if (a == '-') a = '_';
+		if (b == '-') b = '_';
+
+		d = a - b;
+		if (d)
+			return d;
+
+		if (!a)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * A thread that wants to hold a reference to a module only while it
  * is running can call this to safely exit.
  */
@@ -1116,7 +1140,7 @@ static bool verify_module_namespace(cons
 		if (*sep)
 			sep++;
 
-		if (strncmp(namespace, modname, len) == 0 && (glob || len == modlen))
+		if (mod_strncmp(namespace, modname, len) == 0 && (glob || len == modlen))
 			return true;
 	}

On 5/2/25 16:12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Sean noted that scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule will mangle
> the module name with s/-/_/g.
> 
> Since this happens late in the build, only the kernel needs to bother
> with this, the modpost tool still sees the original name.
> 
> Reported-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Tested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>  kernel/module/main.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -170,6 +170,30 @@ static inline void add_taint_module(stru
>  }
>  
>  /*
> + * Like strncmp(), except s/-/_/g as per scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule.
> + */
> +static int mod_strncmp(const char *str_a, const char *str_b, size_t n)
> +{
> +	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {

Nit: This could be 'size_t i' for consistency. I can adjust it when
picking up the series.

Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

-- Petr

> +		char a = str_a[i];
> +		char b = str_b[i];
> +		int d;
> +
> +		if (a == '-') a = '_';
> +		if (b == '-') b = '_';
> +
> +		d = a - b;
> +		if (d)
> +			return d;
> +
> +		if (!a)
> +			break;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> [...]