Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] perf symbols: skip livepatch symbols

Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:11:01 -0700

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.live-patching,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:21:38 -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> This patchset fixes two minor perf bugs when livepatches containing
> special so-called livepatch symbols are loaded.  In both cases, perf
> should ignore these symbols as they resolve as relocations to kernel
> addresses and not module space.
> 
> - Patch 1 fixes `perf test 1`
> - Patch 2 fixes `perf record --kcore` bloat
> 
> [...]
Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung