Also, can't sorttable be ran on modules ?
The .ko file will be relocated after insmod or modprobe.
And the mcount redirection in .ko is based on ".text",
".init.text", ".ref.text", ".sched.text", ".spinlock.text",
".irqentry .text", ".softirqentry.text", ".kprobes.text", ".cpuidle.text",
".text.unlikely". These sections‘ loading
position are not in definite order.
So sorting this part at compile time doesn't make much sense.
Bah.. I thought the sections would retain relative position at least,
but alas. if that isn't done you're quite right that sorting seems
pointless.