From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: "N" symbols and System.map Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:37:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20090605223728.GP29008@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <49FB7692.2000508@linux.intel.com> <20090605222650.GM29008@uranus.ravnborg.org> <4A299C00.1010307@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:42601 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751247AbZFEWfM (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:35:12 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A299C00.1010307@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: LKML , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 03:28:16PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 03:24:18PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> 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? > > > > Peter - what is status here? > > > > Do you see _end tagged N with -tip? > > We landed a lot of changes to vmlinux.lds there. > > > > Needless to say I have not included N symbols for now. > > > > I haven't checked it for a bit, as my immediate need for it disappeared, > but I don't think it's changed. We can revisit this if needed. Sam