Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] module/kallsyms: Filter out local and mapping symbols during module load

Tiezhu Yang <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.loongarch,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-modules
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026/8/18 下午7:59, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> On 8/12/26 5:28 AM, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
>> The compiler toolchains generate local and mapping symbols on certain
>> architectures like LoongArch for optimizations and relocations.
> 
> Nit: "local" -> "local label".

OK, will update the patch subject and commit message in v4.

>>
>> While the symbols are already filtered out during runtime lookups via
>> find_kallsyms_symbol(), they still leak into /proc/kallsyms for loaded
>> modules because layout_symtab() and add_kallsyms() do not filter them
>> during load time.
>>
>> Consequently, tracing tools like bpftrace (which do not perform internal
>> filtering, unlike perf) resolve identical addresses into confusing local
>> labels instead of actual clear C function names.
>>
>> Fix this by integrating the is_local_mapping_symbol() check directly into
>> the newly introduced is_kept_symbol() helper. This ensures these unneeded
>> symbols are stripped during module load time, keeping /proc/kallsyms clean
>> and resulting in accurate call stacks.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <[email protected]>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Tiezhu
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