1 files changed, 102 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
index 193b7c91b4e2..4f884aabc7f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "dso.h"
 #include "map.h"
@@ -14,6 +15,102 @@
 
 #define UM(x) kallsyms_map->unmap_ip(kallsyms_map, (x))
 
+static bool is_ignored_symbol(const char *name, char type)
+{
+	/* Symbol names that exactly match to the following are ignored.*/
+	static const char * const ignored_symbols[] = {
+		/*
+		 * Symbols which vary between passes. Passes 1 and 2 must have
+		 * identical symbol lists. The kallsyms_* symbols below are
+		 * only added after pass 1, they would be included in pass 2
+		 * when --all-symbols is specified so exclude them to get a
+		 * stable symbol list.
+		 */
+		"kallsyms_addresses",
+		"kallsyms_offsets",
+		"kallsyms_relative_base",
+		"kallsyms_num_syms",
+		"kallsyms_names",
+		"kallsyms_markers",
+		"kallsyms_token_table",
+		"kallsyms_token_index",
+		/* Exclude linker generated symbols which vary between passes */
+		"_SDA_BASE_",		/* ppc */
+		"_SDA2_BASE_",		/* ppc */
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	/* Symbol names that begin with the following are ignored.*/
+	static const char * const ignored_prefixes[] = {
+		"$",			/* local symbols for ARM, MIPS, etc. */
+		".LASANPC",		/* s390 kasan local symbols */
+		"__crc_",		/* modversions */
+		"__efistub_",		/* arm64 EFI stub namespace */
+		"__kvm_nvhe_",		/* arm64 non-VHE KVM namespace */
+		"__AArch64ADRPThunk_",	/* arm64 lld */
+		"__ARMV5PILongThunk_",	/* arm lld */
+		"__ARMV7PILongThunk_",
+		"__ThumbV7PILongThunk_",
+		"__LA25Thunk_",		/* mips lld */
+		"__microLA25Thunk_",
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	/* Symbol names that end with the following are ignored.*/
+	static const char * const ignored_suffixes[] = {
+		"_from_arm",		/* arm */
+		"_from_thumb",		/* arm */
+		"_veneer",		/* arm */
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	/* Symbol names that contain the following are ignored.*/
+	static const char * const ignored_matches[] = {
+		".long_branch.",	/* ppc stub */
+		".plt_branch.",		/* ppc stub */
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	const char * const *p;
+
+	for (p = ignored_symbols; *p; p++)
+		if (!strcmp(name, *p))
+			return true;
+
+	for (p = ignored_prefixes; *p; p++)
+		if (!strncmp(name, *p, strlen(*p)))
+			return true;
+
+	for (p = ignored_suffixes; *p; p++) {
+		int l = strlen(name) - strlen(*p);
+
+		if (l >= 0 && !strcmp(name + l, *p))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	for (p = ignored_matches; *p; p++) {
+		if (strstr(name, *p))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	if (type == 'U' || type == 'u')
+		return true;
+	/* exclude debugging symbols */
+	if (type == 'N' || type == 'n')
+		return true;
+
+	if (toupper(type) == 'A') {
+		/* Keep these useful absolute symbols */
+		if (strcmp(name, "__kernel_syscall_via_break") &&
+		    strcmp(name, "__kernel_syscall_via_epc") &&
+		    strcmp(name, "__kernel_sigtramp") &&
+		    strcmp(name, "__gp"))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int test__vmlinux_matches_kallsyms(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int err = -1;
@@ -169,6 +266,11 @@ next_pair:
 			 * such as __indirect_thunk_end.
 			 */
 			continue;
+		} else if (is_ignored_symbol(sym->name, sym->type)) {
+			/*
+			 * Ignore hidden symbols, see scripts/kallsyms.c for the details
+			 */
+			continue;
 		} else {
 			pr_debug("ERR : %#" PRIx64 ": %s not on kallsyms\n",
 				 mem_start, sym->name);