perf symbol: Support .gnu_debugdata for symbols

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Fedora introduced a "MiniDebuginfo" feature, in which an LZMA-compressed
ELF file is placed inside a section named ".gnu_debugdata". This file
contains nothing but a symbol table, which can be used to supplement the
.dynsym section which only contains required symbols for runtime.

It is supported by GDB for stack traces, but it should be useful for
tracing as well. Implement support for loading symbols from
.gnu_debugdata.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250307232206.2102440-4-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

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Stephen Brennan 2025-03-07 15:22:03 -08:00 • committed by Namhyung Kim

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