Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf symbols: fixup kernel_maps__fixup_end end map

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:31:24PM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We better call this routine after both the kernel and modules are
> loaded, because as it was if there weren't modules it would be called,

s/would/would not/g

Ingo, if you see this before merging, please ammend the above comment
line :)

> resulting in kernel_map->end remaining at zero, so no map would be found
> and consequently the kernel symtab wouldn't get loaded, i.e. no kernel
> symbols would be resolved.
> 
> Also this fixes another case, that is when we _have_ modules, but the
> last map would have its ->end address not set before we loaded its
> symbols, which would never happen because ->end was not set.
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