[PATCH] kallsyms: ignore local block labels generated by compiler

From: Changbin Du
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 05:58:00 EST


The llvm compiler can generate lots of local block labels and they might
overlap with C defined symbols. So let's ignore such local labels.

Before this change, dumpstack shows a local symbol for epc:
[ 0.040341][ T0] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
[ 0.040376][ T0] epc : .LBB6_14+0x22/0x6a
[ 0.040452][ T0] ra : restore_all+0x12/0x6e

After this change, the C defined symbol is shown which is expected:
[ 0.035795][ T0] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
[ 0.036332][ T0] epc : trace_hardirqs_on+0x54/0x13c
[ 0.036567][ T0] ra : restore_all+0x12/0x6e

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/kallsyms.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 54ad86d13784..5f4be9d72a32 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static bool is_ignored_symbol(const char *name, char type)
/* Symbol names that begin with the following are ignored.*/
static const char * const ignored_prefixes[] = {
"$", /* local symbols for ARM, MIPS, etc. */
+ ".LBB", /* local block labels generated by compiler */
".LASANPC", /* s390 kasan local symbols */
"__crc_", /* modversions */
"__efistub_", /* arm64 EFI stub namespace */
--
2.32.0