Re: [patch 2.6.10-rc1] Include useful absolute symbols in kallsyms

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sat Oct 30 2004 - 16:18:03 EST


On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:37:01PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> Some absolute symbols are useful, they can even appear in back traces.
> Tweak kallsyms to retain the useful absolute symbols.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> This list is from ia64, add absolute symbols from other architectures
> as required.

I've applied the following patch (clash with some arm changes):
===== scripts/kallsyms.c 1.14 vs edited =====
--- 1.14/scripts/kallsyms.c 2004-10-08 17:34:20 +02:00
+++ edited/scripts/kallsyms.c 2004-10-31 01:12:45 +02:00
@@ -132,7 +132,17 @@
_sinittext = s->addr;
else if (strcmp(str, "_einittext") == 0)
_einittext = s->addr;
- else if (toupper(s->type) == 'A' || toupper(s->type) == 'U' ||
+ else if (toupper(s->type) == 'A')
+ {
+ /* Keep these useful absolute symbols */
+ if (strcmp(str, "__kernel_syscall_via_break") &&
+ strcmp(str, "__kernel_syscall_via_epc") &&
+ strcmp(str, "__kernel_sigtramp") &&
+ strcmp(str, "__gp"))
+ return -1;
+
+ }
+ else if (toupper(s->type) == 'U' ||
is_arm_mapping_symbol(str))
return -1;


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