On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:48:59 +0800 Ming Lei <tom.leim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch uses CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET to filter symbols which > are not in kernel address space because these symbols are > generally for generating code purpose and can't be run at > kernel mode, so we needn't keep them in /proc/kallsyms. > > For example, on ARM there are some symbols which are > linked in relocatable code section, then perf can't parse > symbols any more from /proc/kallsyms, and this patch fixes > the problem. This is a non-back-compatible change and I'd like to see a much stronger assurance that it is safe to merge and will not break any existing application on the planet, please. For a start, please describe with great precision what these excluded symbols are (examples would help) and explain why no application will conceivably have had any use for them. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
