linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate the symbols

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Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:30:11 +0100
From:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ian Lance Taylor <ian@...s.com>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for
 locate the symbols

Dear Mr. Kleen,

2011/3/25 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>:
[...]
>> > Patch looks good to me. SORT is a nice trick, too bad it won't
>> > work for the main kernel.
>>
>> Why not?
>
> Because kallsyms is supposed to be in address order, not name order.

What should that break exactly?
Thanks you very much!

Ciao,
Alessio
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