Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 May 2009 01:21:49 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: "N" symbols and System.map |
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On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 01:10:18AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com> writes: > > > right now, we filter out symbols that nm tag N, meaning "debugging > > symbols", from System.map. However, at least on x86, the linker-generated > > symbol _end is tagged N, and in fact is the only N in the entire image. > > > > Are there other architectures which would suffer if N were included in > > System.map, or would that be a reasonable thing to do? > > There should not be any N symbols unless you are using stabs debugging.
We have in vmlinux: .end : AT(ADDR(.end) - LOAD_OFFSET) { _end = .; }
And I see: c1834000 N _end
This is the _only_ 'N' symbol in my vmlinux.
Sam
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