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[PATCH] symbols: don't omit "end" symbols upon mixed code / data aliases


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:26:03 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:26:12 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

At the example of _sinitext - that symbol has four aliases on x86:
__init_begin, __2M_init_start, __2M_rodata_end, and whatever the first
function in .init.text. With the GNU toolchain all of them are marked
'T' or 't'. With Clang/LLVM, however, some are marked 'r'. Since, to
save space, we want fake "end" symbols only for text, right now
want_symbol_end() has a respective check. That is getting in the way,
however, when the final of those symbols is 'r'. Remove the check and
instead zap the size for anything that is non-code.

Fixes: 6eede548df21 ('symbols: avoid emitting "end" symbols for data items')
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
Roger, just fyi that I think that this change would mask the other issue
that you reported, without actually adressing the underlying problem.
Hence both changes will be wanted.

--- a/xen/tools/symbols.c
+++ b/xen/tools/symbols.c
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct
        else if (str[0] == '$')
                goto skip_tail;
 
+       /* We want fake "end" symbols only for text / code. */
+       if (toupper((uint8_t)stype) != 'T')
+               s->size = 0;
+
        /* include the type field in the symbol name, so that it gets
         * compressed together */
        s->len = strlen(str) + 1;
@@ -312,7 +316,6 @@ static int compare_name_orig(const void
 static bool want_symbol_end(unsigned int idx)
 {
        return table[idx].size &&
-              toupper(table[idx].type) == 'T' &&
               (idx + 1 == table_cnt ||
                table[idx].addr + table[idx].size < table[idx + 1].addr);
 }



 


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