[Bug lto/60016] gcc-nm does not report static symbols
andi-gcc at firstfloor dot org
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Mon Sep 12 13:32:00 GMT 2016
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60016
--- Comment #2 from Andi Kleen <andi-gcc at firstfloor dot org> ---
This is needed for example to generate backtraces, if the symbol table should
be built in instead of read from the binary.
The Linux kernel cannot read its own binary, so the symbol table has to built
in.
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