linux-kernel - Re: SyS symbol munging.

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Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 22:17:43 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SyS symbol munging.

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 09:05:03PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Note that both sys_something and SyS_something end up in vmlinux
> symbol table, refering to the same address. AFAICS, what matters is
> which one goes first. May be even linker-dependent...

Interesting.

So it could be that a change in the linker may have caused the SyS
things to go first and start appearing in stack traces, not necessarily
a change in the kernel...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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