[PATCH v2 15/25] kallsyms: Annotate static information into meminspect

From: Mukesh Ojha

Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 16:22:53 EST


From: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>

Annotate vital static information into meminspect:
- kallsysms_num_syms
- kallsysms_offsets
- kallsysms_names
- kallsyms_token_table
- kallsyms_token_index
- kallsyms_markers
- kallsyms_seqs_of_names

Information on these variables is stored in a dedicated meminspect
section.

Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kallsyms.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index aec2f06858af..e71c085ec837 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/bsearch.h>
#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
+#include <linux/meminspect.h>

#include "kallsyms_internal.h"

+MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(kallsyms_num_syms);
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_offsets, sizeof(void *));
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_names, sizeof(void *));
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_token_table, sizeof(void *));
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_token_index, sizeof(void *));
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_markers, sizeof(void *));
+MEMINSPECT_AREA_ENTRY(kallsyms_seqs_of_names, sizeof(void *));
+
/*
* Expand a compressed symbol data into the resulting uncompressed string,
* if uncompressed string is too long (>= maxlen), it will be truncated,

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