linux-kernel - "N" symbols and System.map

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Date:	Fri, 01 May 2009 15:24:18 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: "N" symbols and System.map

Hi all,

right now, we filter out symbols that nm tag N, meaning "debugging 
symbols", from System.map.  However, at least on x86, the 
linker-generated symbol _end is tagged N, and in fact is the only N in 
the entire image.

Are there other architectures which would suffer if N were included in 
System.map, or would that be a reasonable thing to do?

	-hpa

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