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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] kernel/kallsyms.c: only show legal kernel symbol
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Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> writes:
> Address of non-module kernel symbol should always be located
> from CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET on, so only show these legal kernel
> symbols in /proc/kallsyms.
>
> On ARM, some symbols(see below) may drop in relocatable code, so
> perf can't parse kernel symbols any more from /proc/kallsyms, this
> patch fixes the problem.
>
> 00000000 t __vectors_start
> 00000020 A cpu_v7_suspend_size
> 00001000 t __stubs_start
> 00001004 t vector_rst
> 00001020 t vector_irq
> 000010a0 t vector_dabt
> 00001120 t vector_pabt
> 000011a0 t vector_und
> 00001220 t vector_addrexcptn
> 00001224 t vector_fiq
> 00001224 T vector_fiq_offset
>
> The issue can be fixed in scripts/kallsyms.c too, but looks this
> approach is easier.

This fix looks hacky; if these symbols are not available, don't just
remove them from /proc/kallsyms, but don't put them in the kernel at
all.

That way, they won't interfere with other kallsyms uses (eg. backtrace).

Or, better, figure out a smart way of excluding them by knowing why
these symbol addresses are wrong.

Thanks,
Rusty.

> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/kallsyms.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
> index 3127ad5..184f271 100644
> --- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
> +++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> tolower(iter->type);
> seq_printf(m, "%pK %c %s\t[%s]\n", (void *)iter->value,
> type, iter->name, iter->module_name);
> - } else
> + } else if (iter->value >= CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)
> seq_printf(m, "%pK %c %s\n", (void *)iter->value,
> iter->type, iter->name);
> return 0;
> --
> 1.7.9.5


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