From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757754AbZEAWYf (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 18:24:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764381AbZEAWYU (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 18:24:20 -0400 Received: from mga10.intel.com ([192.55.52.92]:60787 "EHLO fmsmga102.fm.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763911AbZEAWYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 18:24:19 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,280,1239001200"; d="scan'208";a="453387750" Message-ID: <49FB7692.2000508@linux.intel.com> Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 15:24:18 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Intel Open Source Technology Center User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LKML , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg Subject: "N" symbols and System.map Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? -hpa