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Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar --- Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index d0703605bfa4..b3a26a36ee17 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -426,11 +426,12 @@ Symbols From the Kernel (vmlinux + modules) Version Information Formats --------------------------- - Exported symbols have information stored in __ksymtab or __ksymtab_gpl - sections. Symbol names and namespaces are stored in __ksymtab_strings, - using a format similar to the string table used for ELF. If - CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled, the CRCs corresponding to exported - symbols will be added to the __kcrctab or __kcrctab_gpl. + Exported symbols have information stored in the __ksymtab and + __kflagstab sections. Symbol names and namespaces are stored in + __ksymtab_strings section, using a format similar to the string + table used for ELF. If CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled, the CRCs + corresponding to exported symbols will be added to the + __kcrctab section. If CONFIG_BASIC_MODVERSIONS is enabled (default with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS), imported symbols will have their symbol name and -- 2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog