perf-kallsyms(1)

perf-kallsyms1

Searches running kernel for symbols

Usage

perf kallsyms [<options>] symbol_name [,symbol_name ...]

Overview

This command searches the running kernel kallsyms file for the given symbol(s) and prints information about it, including the DSO, the kallsyms begin/end addresses and the addresses in the ELF kallsyms symbol table (for symbols in modules).

Options

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity level, showing details about symbol table loading, etc.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From perf 7.3.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.