Re: 2.6.7-mm6 - ppc32 inconsistent kallsyms data

[Keith Owens]

I hate it when I spot a typo after pressing enter ...

--- kallsyms-ppc32 ---

PPC small data area base symbols shift between kallsyms phases 1 and 2,
which makes the kallsyms data unstable.  Exclude them from the kallsyms
list.

Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx>

Index: 2.6.7-mm6/scripts/kallsyms.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.7-mm6.orig/scripts/kallsyms.c	2004-07-06 17:26:14.000000000 +1000
+++ 2.6.7-mm6/scripts/kallsyms.c	2004-07-06 17:41:29.000000000 +1000
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
 	    strcmp(s->sym, "kallsyms_names") == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Exclude linker generated symbols which vary between passes */
+	if (strcmp(s->sym, "_SDA_BASE_") == 0 ||	/* ppc */
+	    strcmp(s->sym, "_SDA2_BASE_") == 0)		/* ppc */
+		return 0;
+
 	return 1;
 }
 

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