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Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 02/20] scripts/kallsyms: Ignore __kcfi_typeid_
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
To:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, x86@kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
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        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
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The compiler generates __kcfi_typeid_ symbols for annotating assembly
functions with type information. These are constants that can be
referenced in assembly code and are resolved by the linker. Ignore
them in kallsyms.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
 scripts/kallsyms.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index f18e6dfc68c5..ccdf0c897f31 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static bool is_ignored_symbol(const char *name, char type)
 		"__ThumbV7PILongThunk_",
 		"__LA25Thunk_",		/* mips lld */
 		"__microLA25Thunk_",
+		"__kcfi_typeid_",	/* CFI type identifiers */
 		NULL
 	};
 
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