linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf symbols: /proc/kallsyms does not sort module symbols

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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:11:13 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, anton@...ba.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf symbols: /proc/kallsyms does not sort module
	symbols

Em Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 03:59:33PM +0200, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> What's the status of this patch?
> 
> It is not in 3.1.0-rc7. It is needed!
> 
> I ran into serious issues (bogus symbols) with a profile where
> kernel modules were stressed and it boiled down to kallsyms__parse()
> being broken because /proc/kallsyms is assumed sorted when it actually
> is NOT.

Its all here:

https://github.com/acmel/linux/commits/perf/urgent

I was waiting for Ingo, Peter, can you take a look and see if you agree
with the patches there then I can ask Linus to pull it, ok?

- Arnaldo
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