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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/module_symbol.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/module_symbol.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/module_symbol.h b/include/linux/module_symbol.h index 574609aced99..698d3db2b37e 100644 --- a/include/linux/module_symbol.h +++ b/include/linux/module_symbol.h @@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ enum ksym_flags { KSYM_FLAG_GPL_ONLY = 1 << 0, }; -/* This ignores the intensely annoying "mapping symbols" found in ELF files. */ -static inline bool is_mapping_symbol(const char *str) +/* + * Ignore local labels (.L*, L0*) and mapping symbols ($*). These symbols are + * not useful for the kernel, for example, they should not appear in kallsyms. + */ +static inline bool is_ignored_kernel_symbol(const char *str) { if (str[0] == '.' && str[1] == 'L') return true; |