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Re: Strange symbols_lookup() behaviour in test-symbols on arm64 CI


  • To: Mykola Kvach <xakep.amatop@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:49:59 +0100
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  • Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:50:22 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 16.01.2026 13:48, Mykola Kvach wrote:
>> Actually, can you give the patch below a try? That would explain the 24-byte
>> difference (albeit I'm struggling with some other aspects of a proper
>> explanation).
>>
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
>> @@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ endif
>>  $(TARGET)-syms: $(objtree)/prelink.o $(obj)/xen.lds
>>         $(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --empty > $(dot-target).0.S
>>         $(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) $(dot-target).0.o
>> -       $(LD) $(XEN_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/xen.lds $< \
>> +       $(LD) $(XEN_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/xen.lds $< $(build_id_linker) \
>>               $(dot-target).0.o -o $(dot-target).0
>>         $(NM) -pa --format=sysv $(dot-target).0 \
>>                 | $(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --sysv --sort \
>>                 > $(dot-target).1.S
>>         $(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) $(dot-target).1.o
>> -       $(LD) $(XEN_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/xen.lds $< \
>> +       $(LD) $(XEN_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/xen.lds $< $(build_id_linker) \
>>             $(dot-target).1.o -o $(dot-target).1
>>         $(NM) -pa --format=sysv $(dot-target).1 \
>>                 | $(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --sysv --sort \
> 
> Thank you for fixing this issue.
> 
> I tried the Makefile change you suggested (adding $(build_id_linker)
> to the two $(LD) invocations.
> With this patch applied, I no longer see the issue.

May I translate this to Tested-by: then (confined to Arm, as the full patch
touches PPC and RISC-V as well)?

Jan



 


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