Re: [PATCH 6.1&6.6 1/3] kallsyms: Avoid weak references for kallsyms symbols

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 951bcae6c5a0bfaa55b27c5f16178204988f0379

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Commit author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>


Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  951bcae6c5a0b ! 1:  a89be9ce6914a kallsyms: Avoid weak references for kallsyms symbols
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         kallsyms: Avoid weak references for kallsyms symbols
     
    +    [ Upstream commit 951bcae6c5a0bfaa55b27c5f16178204988f0379 ]
    +
         kallsyms is a directory of all the symbols in the vmlinux binary, and so
         creating it is somewhat of a chicken-and-egg problem, as its non-zero
         size affects the layout of the binary, and therefore the values of the
    @@ Commit message
         Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230504174320.3930345-1-ardb%40kernel.org
         Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
         Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
    +    Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
     
      ## include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h ##
     @@
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Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y        |  Success    |  Success   |
| stable/linux-6.1.y        |  Success    |  Success   |