Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Filter out local and mapping symbols during module load

[Huacai Chen]

Reviewed-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx>

But I still don't think renaming is_core_symbol() to is_kept_symbol()
is necessary.

Huacai

On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 11:28 AM Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This series prevents compiler generated local and mapping symbols
> from leaking into /proc/kallsyms for loaded modules. This ensures
> tracing tools like bpftrace can resolve accurate kernel stacks on
> architectures like LoongArch.
>
> Based on the v2 discussion, the changes are now refactored into a
> clean three-patch series to eliminate code duplication and clarify
> naming.
>
> Tiezhu Yang (3):
>   module/kallsyms: Rename is_mapping_symbol() to
>     is_local_mapping_symbol()
>   module/kallsyms: Refactor current symbol filtering into
>     is_kept_symbol()
>   module/kallsyms: Filter out local and mapping symbols during module
>     load
>
>  include/linux/module_symbol.h |  4 +--
>  kernel/module/kallsyms.c      | 59 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  scripts/faddr2line            |  2 +-
>  scripts/mod/modpost.h         |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.42.0
>
>