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

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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:12:29 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, anton@...ba.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

On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 11:11 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> 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?

Looks all-right, ship it! :-)
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