CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL is required for kernel live patching which is a common use case that is enabled in some major distros. Update the Kconfig help text to reflect that. While at it, s/e.g./i.e./ to match the text intention. Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index c7900e8975f1..20ef72dd6f44 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -1722,16 +1722,17 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL help Normally kallsyms only contains the symbols of functions for nicer OOPS messages and backtraces (i.e., symbols from the text and inittext - sections). This is sufficient for most cases. And only in very rare - cases (e.g., when a debugger is used) all symbols are required (e.g., - names of variables from the data sections, etc). + sections). This is sufficient for most cases. And only if you want to + enable kernel live patching, or other less common use cases (e.g., + when a debugger is used) all symbols are required (i.e., names of + variables from the data sections, etc). This option makes sure that all symbols are loaded into the kernel image (i.e., symbols from all sections) in cost of increased kernel size (depending on the kernel configuration, it may be 300KiB or something like this). - Say N unless you really need all symbols. + Say N unless you really need all symbols, or kernel live patching. config KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU bool -- 2.35.1
