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Function profiler shows the hit count of each function using its symbol name. However, there are some same-name local symbols, which we can not distinguish. To solve this issue, this introduces an option to show the symbols in "_text+OFFSET" format. This can avoid exposing the random shift of KASLR. The functions in modules are shown as "MODNAME+OFFSET" where the offset is from ".text". E.g. for the kernel text symbols, specify vmlinux and the output to addr2line, you can find the actual function and source info; $ addr2line -fie vmlinux _text+3078208 __balance_callbacks kernel/sched/core.c:5064 for modules, specify the module file and .text+OFFSET; $ addr2line -fie samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.ko .text+8224 do_simple_thread_func samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c:23 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176187878064.994619.8878296550240416558.stgit@devnote2/ Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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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.