Re: [PATCH v2] perf symbol: remove Rust symbol workarounds

Miguel Ojeda
2026-01-07T12:00:01Z

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> I'm afraid there may be some outdated kernels which don't have the fix
> yet. Maybe make sense to wait some more time for them to disappear?

Hmm... Do you mean that someone would use a new perf with an old
kernel? Is that supported etc.?

In any case, the fix is getting backported all the way to 6.1.y, i.e.
all the supported LTSs:

761e965d2c61 ("kallsyms: Fix wrong "big" kernel symbol type read
from procfs")
d5fe0c115bbc ("kallsyms: Fix wrong "big" kernel symbol type read
from procfs")
d46ef2bf91ef ("kallsyms: Fix wrong "big" kernel symbol type read
from procfs")

And the one in this thread could in principle be backported too to
6.18.y now that the fix is there, no?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel