proc_kallsyms(5)

proc_kallsyms5

Kernel exported symbols

Overview

/proc/kallsyms (since Linux 2.5.71)

This holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the modules(X) tools to dynamically link and bind loadable modules. In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file with slightly different syntax was named ksyms.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

History

/proc/ksyms (Linux 1.1.23–2.5.47)

See /proc/kallsyms.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.