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.SH "NAME"
perf-kallsyms \- Searches running kernel for symbols
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fIperf kallsyms\fR [<options>] symbol_name[,symbol_name\&...]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
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)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-v, \-\-verbose
.RS 4
Increase verbosity level, showing details about symbol table loading, etc\&.
.RE
