Re: [PATCH for-4.21] symbols: avoid emitting "end" symbols for data items

["Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 02:34:29PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> symbols-dummy.c and the generated .xen-syms.?.S may place their symbols in
> different sections: Like for all C files, -fdata-sections may be in effect
> there. As a result, besides moving these symbols may then also have
> different amounts of "end" symbols inserted between them. While the
> movement is likely not problematic, the change in table size is - linking
> passes 2 and 3 want no address (and hence no size) changes between them.
> 
> As, at least right now, the "end" symbols are useful only for code, limit
> their emission accordingly. When data symbols are emitted (i.e. when
> LIVEPATCH=y), this obviously also has a positive effect on overall table
> size (I'm seeing almost 600 entries going away in the build I'm looking
> at).
> 
> Fixes: d3b637fba31b ("symbols: arrange to know where functions end")
> Reported-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Thanks, this does seem to solve the issue I was seeing with clang +
LLD.

Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Tested-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>

With the commit message adjustment that you discussed with Andrew.

Roger.