It matters since I am writing a loadable kernel module, and I can use only exported symbols. It is quite inconvenient to use a kernel function in the module code and then find out during load time (insmod) that the function is not actually exported (unless I search through kernel source code prior to use for a EXPORT_SYMBOL() of the specific function). Is there a way to differentiate the exported and static symbols from the /proc/kallsyms listing? Appreciate any help. Thanks, Sarthak -----Original Message----- From: Arjan van de Ven [mailto:arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:56 PM To: Sarthak Ray Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Exported symbols in 2.6 kernel On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 16:32 -0700, Sarthak Ray wrote: > Hello all, > > In v2.6.12 kernel, the /proc/ksyms interface seems to be replaced > with /proc/kallsyms. However, /proc/kallsyms indicates *all* kernel > symbols, including static symbols. > > Is there an easy way to figure out which symbols are exported for use > in kernel modules (similar to that provided by /proc/ksyms)? does that really matter? what do you need this for? -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
