[PATCH] scripts/kallsyms: filter symbols not in kernel address space

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:48:59 +0800 Ming Lei <tom.leiming at gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch uses CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET to filter symbols which
> are not in kernel address space because these symbols are
> generally for generating code purpose and can't be run at
> kernel mode, so we needn't keep them in /proc/kallsyms.
> 
> For example, on ARM there are some symbols which are
> linked in relocatable code section, then perf can't parse
> symbols any more from /proc/kallsyms, and this patch fixes
> the problem.

This is a non-back-compatible change and I'd like to see a much
stronger assurance that it is safe to merge and will not break any
existing application on the planet, please.

For a start, please describe with great precision what these excluded
symbols are (examples would help) and explain why no application will
conceivably have had any use for them.