Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262273AbTHFNwG (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:52:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262290AbTHFNwG (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:52:06 -0400 Received: from chaos.sr.unh.edu ([132.177.249.105]:53189 "EHLO chaos.sr.unh.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262273AbTHFNwB (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:52:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:51:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Kai Germaschewski X-X-Sender: kai@chaos.sr.unh.edu To: Andy Winton cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Multiple symbols same address in vmlinux map file? huh? In-Reply-To: <1060177192.2866.11.camel@pussy.bemac.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 27 On 6 Aug 2003, Andy Winton wrote: > c0305a78 d emergency_lock > c0305a78 d emergency_pages > > c0303100 d i8259A_irq_type > c0303100 D i8259A_lock > > c0386628 B jiffies > c0386628 B jiffies_64 For most of those, the explanation would be that you have zero-sized symbols, for example a spinlock_t expands to an empty struct on an UP build. jiffies / jiffies_64 is a special case used to access the same variable as a 32 vs 64 bit quantity. (see arch/*/vmlinux.lds*) --Kai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/