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Currently when the length of a symbol is longer than 0x7f characters,
its type shown in /proc/kallsyms can be incorrect.
I found this issue when reading the code, but it can be reproduced by
following steps:
1. Define a function which symbol length is 130 characters:
#define X13(x) x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x##x
static noinline void X13(x123456789)(void)
{
printk("hello world\n");
}
2. The type in vmlinux is 't':
$ nm vmlinux | grep x123456
ffffffff816290f0 t x123456789x123456789x123456789x12[...]
3. Then boot the kernel, the type shown in /proc/kallsyms becomes 'g'
instead of the expected 't':
# cat /proc/kallsyms | grep x123456
ffffffff816290f0 g x123456789x123456789x123456789x12[...]
The root cause is that, after commit
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.