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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c index 02718e728d59..ea62ecd191fa 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb) { s64 a; s64 b; + size_t na, nb; /* Prefer a symbol with non zero length */ a = syma->end - syma->start; @@ -120,11 +121,21 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb) else if (a > b) return SYMBOL_B; - /* If all else fails, choose the symbol with the longest name */ - if (strlen(syma->name) >= strlen(symb->name)) + /* Choose the symbol with the longest name */ + na = strlen(syma->name); + nb = strlen(symb->name); + if (na > nb) return SYMBOL_A; - else + else if (na < nb) + return SYMBOL_B; + + /* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */ + if (na >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3)) return SYMBOL_B; + if (na >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10)) + return SYMBOL_B; + + return SYMBOL_A; } void symbols__fixup_duplicate(struct rb_root *symbols) |