Re: [PATCH] symbols: don't omit "end" symbols upon mixed code / data aliases

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

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 04:26:03PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> At the example of _sinitext - that symbol has four aliases on x86:
> __init_begin, __2M_init_start, __2M_rodata_end, and whatever the first
> function in .init.text. With the GNU toolchain all of them are marked
> 'T' or 't'. With Clang/LLVM, however, some are marked 'r'. Since, to
> save space, we want fake "end" symbols only for text, right now
> want_symbol_end() has a respective check. That is getting in the way,
> however, when the final of those symbols is 'r'. Remove the check and
> instead zap the size for anything that is non-code.
> 
> Fixes: 6eede548df21 ('symbols: avoid emitting "end" symbols for data items')
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

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

> ---
> Roger, just fyi that I think that this change would mask the other issue
> that you reported, without actually adressing the underlying problem.
> Hence both changes will be wanted.

Yes, it does indeed mask the other issue.

Thanks, Roger.