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

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Date:	Sat, 02 May 2009 01:10:18 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: "N" symbols and System.map

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> 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?

There should not be any N symbols unless you are using stabs debugging.

Andreas.

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