kpatch-build: Add .L__const symbols to maybe_discarded_sym#1491
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Clang uses .L__const symbols for some constant variables, which is later removed by ld.lld. Add them to maybe_discarded_sym, so that we can avoid rare errors like: couldn't find matching xxx.c local symbols in vmlinux symbol table Signed-off-by: Song Liu <[email protected]>
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Clang uses .L__const symbols for some constant variables, which is later removed by ld.lld. Add them to maybe_discarded_sym, so that we can avoid rare errors like:
couldn't find matching xxx.c local symbols in vmlinux symbol table