Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix symbol resolution on old ppc64 ABI

[Ingo Molnar]

* Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> > > It would cover most cases. There would be an issue with 
> > > functions that are less than 24 bytes in length (ie 6 
> > > instructions). Tiny functions are probably rare enough that we 
> > > can live with it.
> > 
> > Do such tiny functions get packed tightly, below 24 bytes? 
> > Another sanitization pass could solve that issue, to trim 
> > partially overlapping symbol regions, right?
> 
> That would work I think. Should I cook up a patch?

Yeah, would be nice - if Arnaldo agrees with the approach too.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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