When an unqualified kprobe target exists in both vmlinux and a loaded
module, number_of_same_symbols() returns a count greater than 1,
causing kprobe attachment to fail with -EADDRNOTAVAIL even though the
vmlinux symbol is unambiguous.
When no module qualifier is given and the symbol is found in vmlinux,
return the vmlinux-only count without scanning loaded modules. This
preserves the existing behavior for all other cases:
- Symbol only in a module: vmlinux count is 0, falls through to module
scan as before.
- Symbol qualified with MOD:SYM: mod != NULL, unchanged path.
- Symbol ambiguous within vmlinux itself: count > 1 is returned as-is.
Fixes: 926fe783c8 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well")
Fixes: 9d8616034f ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")
Suggested-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260407203912.1787502-2-andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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