---

yaml
---
r: 140955
b: refs/heads/master
c: b478b78
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  140953: 5cf92a6
  140951: 41945c1
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e94142a67f8bad494c593f0a07c9fc2fbec98c0e
+refs/heads/master: b478b782e110fdb4135caa3062b6d687e989d994

trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c

@@ -500,6 +500,51 @@ static void optimize_token_table(void)
 	optimize_result();
 }
 
+/* guess for "linker script provide" symbol */
+static int may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(const struct sym_entry *se)
+{
+	const char *symbol = (char *)se->sym + 1;
+	int len = se->len - 1;
+
+	if (len < 8)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (symbol[0] != '_' || symbol[1] != '_')
+		return 0;
+
+	/* __start_XXXXX */
+	if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "start_", 6))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* __stop_XXXXX */
+	if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "stop_", 5))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* __end_XXXXX */
+	if (!memcmp(symbol + 2, "end_", 4))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* __XXXXX_start */
+	if (!memcmp(symbol + len - 6, "_start", 6))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* __XXXXX_end */
+	if (!memcmp(symbol + len - 4, "_end", 4))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str)
+{
+	const char *tail = str;
+
+	while (*tail != '_')
+		tail++;
+
+	return tail - str;
+}
+
 static int compare_symbols(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	const struct sym_entry *sa;
@@ -521,6 +566,18 @@ static int compare_symbols(const void *a, const void *b)
 	if (wa != wb)
 		return wa - wb;
 
+	/* sort by "linker script provide" type */
+	wa = may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(sa);
+	wb = may_be_linker_script_provide_symbol(sb);
+	if (wa != wb)
+		return wa - wb;
+
+	/* sort by the number of prefix underscores */
+	wa = prefix_underscores_count((const char *)sa->sym + 1);
+	wb = prefix_underscores_count((const char *)sb->sym + 1);
+	if (wa != wb)
+		return wa - wb;
+
 	/* sort by initial order, so that other symbols are left undisturbed */
 	return sa->start_pos - sb->start_pos;
 }