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Kernel Symbol Table

Hi,

If I understood correctly, local, non-exported kernel symbols are
marked with a lowercase character in the second field of the ouput of
/proc/kallsyms. On the other hand, those symbols that were exported
through the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL() are marked with an uppercase
character.

Why are the local symbols included in the kernel symbol table? They
can't be linked by LKMs anyway (unlike the global, exported symbols),
so I don't see what's the point. Are they used for debugging?

Thanks,

-- Martim

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