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| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/kallsyms.c | 57 |
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c index ad2434b26970..6654cbed965b 100644 --- a/scripts/kallsyms.c +++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c @@ -500,6 +500,51 @@ static void optimize_token_table(void) optimize_result(); } +/* guess for "linker script provide" symbol */ +static int may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(const struct sym_entry *se) +{ + const char *symbol = (char *)se->sym + 1; + int len = se->len - 1; + + if (len < 8) + return 0; + + if (symbol[0] != '_' || symbol[1] != '_') + return 0; + + /* __start_XXXXX */ + if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "start_", 6)) + return 1; + + /* __stop_XXXXX */ + if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "stop_", 5)) + return 1; + + /* __end_XXXXX */ + if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "end_", 4)) + return 1; + + /* __XXXXX_start */ + if (!memcmp(symbol + len - 6, "_start", 6)) + return 1; + + /* __XXXXX_end */ + if (!memcmp(symbol + len - 4, "_end", 4)) + return 1; + + return 0; +} + +static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str) +{ + const char *tail = str; + + while (*tail != '_') + tail++; + + return tail - str; +} + static int compare_symbols(const void *a, const void *b) { const struct sym_entry *sa; @@ -521,6 +566,18 @@ static int compare_symbols(const void *a, const void *b) if (wa != wb) return wa - wb; + /* sort by "linker script provide" type */ + wa = may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(sa); + wb = may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(sb); + if (wa != wb) + return wa - wb; + + /* sort by the number of prefix underscores */ + wa = prefix_underscores_count((const char *)sa->sym + 1); + wb = prefix_underscores_count((const char *)sb->sym + 1); + if (wa != wb) + return wa - wb; + /* sort by initial order, so that other symbols are left undisturbed */ return sa->start_pos - sb->start_pos; } |