3 files changed, 28 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 0a7782c61209..5c13438c7bd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 perf-y += header.o
+perf-y += machine.o
 perf-y += perf_regs.o
-perf-y += sym-handling.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF)     += dwarf-regs.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d41b27e781d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "symbol.h"
+
+/* On arm64, kernel text segment start at high memory address,
+ * for example 0xffff 0000 8xxx xxxx. Modules start at a low memory
+ * address, like 0xffff 0000 00ax xxxx. When only samll amount of
+ * memory is used by modules, gap between end of module's text segment
+ * and start of kernel text segment may be reach 2G.
+ * Therefore do not fill this gap and do not assign it to the kernel dso map.
+ */
+
+#define SYMBOL_LIMIT (1 << 12) /* 4K */
+
+void arch__symbols__fixup_end(struct symbol *p, struct symbol *c)
+{
+	if ((strchr(p->name, '[') && strchr(c->name, '[') == NULL) ||
+			(strchr(p->name, '[') == NULL && strchr(c->name, '[')))
+		/* Limit range of last symbol in module and kernel */
+		p->end += SYMBOL_LIMIT;
+	else
+		p->end = c->start;
+	pr_debug4("%s sym:%s end:%#lx\n", __func__, p->name, p->end);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dfa3e5229f1..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Naveen N. Rao, IBM Corporation
- */
-
-#include "symbol.h" // for the elf__needs_adjust_symbols() prototype
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
-#include <gelf.h>
-
-bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
-{
-	return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_REL ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
-}
-#endif