user space tool to look up symbol name is very easier than kernel module, just grep in /proc/kallsyms will be sufficient On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Neil Baylis <neil.baylis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a kernel loadable module that needs to be able to lookup its own > symbols at runtime. I.e., given a string that represents the name of the > symbol, the module needs to find the address. Preferably, this should work > for symbols that are not marked 'EXPORT_SYMBOL' as well as those that are. I > used to be able to do this by calling parse_symbol() that's part of kdb, but > now my module is required to run without depending on kdb. > > Is there an API that provides this functionality? Otherwise, any hints about > how to proceed would be helpful. > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
