ksm.conf

Section: Kernel Symbol Manipulation (5)
Updated: 1.0.0
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NAME

ksm.conf - Kernel Symbol Manipulation configuration file.

DESCRIPTION

ksm.conf is the configuration file that determines how kernel symbols should be manipulated.
Comment begin with character '#' and end with end of line.
Empty lines are ignored.
White-spaces can be used for free.

Commands

All keywords in the commands are case-insensetive.
All symbols names are case-sensitive.

ALIAS

Add additional name to kernel symbol.
Format:

ALIAS SYMBOL_ORIG SYMBOL_NEW

RENAME

Rename kernel symbol.
Format:

RENAME SYMBOL_ORIG SYMBOL_NEW

HIDE

Hide kernel symbol.
Format:

HIDE SYMBOL

USE

Kind of rename. Any symbol, that different from SYMBOL_WITH_CHECKSUM only in CHECKSUM part will be renamed to this symbol.
Format:

USE SYMBOL_WITH_CHECKSUM

Examples.

Module use function snprintf_Rsmp_1234567a, but kernel has snprintf_Rsmp_025da070

Alias snprintf_Rsmp_025da070 snprintf_Rsmp_1234567a: Modules use function snprintf_Rsmp_025da070, kernel is experimental, it's changed very often and each time has different snprintf function.
Use snprintf_Rsmp_025da070

NOTE

ksm should not (and can not) be used to rename GPLONLY symbol to non-GPL, or to add non-GPL name to GPLONLY symbol.

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