set is always 4. And as we know, the _mcount is inserted into the entry of every kernel function, the offset between the other _mcount's is expected to be always bigger than 4. So, to filter the 2ns _mcount symbol of the long call, we can simply check the offset between two _mcount symbols, If it is 4, then, filter the 2nd _mcount symbol. To avoid touching too much code, an 'empty' function fn_is_fake_mcount() is added for all of the archs, and the specific archs can override it via chaning the function pointer: is_fake_mcount in do_file() with the e_machine. e.g. This patch adds MIPS_is_fake_mcount() to override the default fn_is_fake_mcount() pointed by is_fake_mcount. This fn_is_fake_mcount() checks if the _mcount symbol is fake, e.g. the 2nd _mcount symbol of the long call is fake, for there are 2 _mcount symbols mapped to one real mcount call, so, one of them is fake and must be filtered. This fn_is_fake_mcount() is called in sift_rel_mcount() after finding the _mcount symbols and before adding the _mcount symbol into mrelp, so, it can prevent the fake mcount symbol going into the last __mcount_loc table. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle