perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on ARM
ARM ELF files use symbols with special names $a, $t, $d to identify regions of
ARM code, Thumb code and data within code sections. This can cause confusing
output from the perf tools, especially for partially stripped binaries, or
binaries containing user-added zero-sized symbols (which may occur in
hand-written assembler which hasn't been fully annotated with .size
directives).
This patch filters out these symbols at load time.
LKML-Reference: <1281352878-8735-2-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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