On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 03:19:01PM +0000, Alan Maguire wrote: > Seems like there's a few approaches we can take in fixing this: > > 1. designate "__pcpu_" prefix as a variable prefix to filter out. This > resolves the immediate problem but is too narrowly focused IMO and we > may end up playing whack-a-mole with other dummy variable prefixes. > 2. resurrect ELF section variable information fully; i.e. record a list > of variables per ELF section (or at least per ELF section we care > about). If variable is not on the list for the ELF section, do not > encode it. > 3. midway between the two; for the 0 address case specifically, verify > that the variable name really _is_ in the associated ELF section. No > need to create a local ELF table variable representation, we could just > walk the table in the case of the 0 addresses. > > Diff for approach 3 is as follows Hi Alan, Thanks for your detailed analysis. Is your patch formally submitted and merged? A quick code search with variable_in_sec() tells me no, but I could very easily miss things here, hence I am asking you. :)
