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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 10:22:22 +0200
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 15/27] compiler: Option to default to hidden symbols

On 31/01/19 9:24 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Provide an option to default visibility to hidden except for key
> symbols. This option is disabled by default and will be used by x86_64
> PIE support to remove errors between compilation units.
> 
> The default visibility is also enabled for external symbols that are
> compared as they maybe equals (start/end of sections). In this case,
> older versions of GCC will remove the comparison if the symbols are
> hidden. This issue exists at least on gcc 4.9 and before.

What does this mean, if anything, for what/how symbols appear in /proc/kallsyms?

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