... and somethings not right. debugger KBUILD_SYM shows it: these records are same as those shown in early boot output pasted previously these records look right (gdb) p *__start___dyndbg_sites@10 $2 = {{modname = 0xffffffff825a8ab9 "head64", filename = 0xffffffff825a8ac0 "include/linux/dynamic_debug.h", function = 0xffffffff825a8ab9 "head64"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825a8ade "ebda", filename = 0xffffffff825a8ac0 "include/linux/dynamic_debug.h", function = 0xffffffff825a8ade "ebda"}, { modname = 0xffffffff825a8ae3 "platform_quirks", filename = 0xffffffff825a8ac0 "include/linux/dynamic_debug.h", function = 0xffffffff825a8ae3 "platform_quirks"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000e0 <__func__.2> "run_init_process"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000e0 <__func__.2> "run_init_process"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000e0 <__func__.2> "run_init_process"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000e0 <__func__.2> "run_init_process"}, {modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000a0 <__func__.0> "initcall_blacklisted"}, { modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8afe "init/main.c", function = 0xffffffff822000c0 <__func__.1> "initcall_blacklist"}, { modname = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main", filename = 0xffffffff825a8ac0 "include/linux/dynamic_debug.h", function = 0xffffffff825cac42 "main"}} Theres evidently something wrong with my KBUILD_MODSYM _dyndbg_site here, the site pointers in all the headers appear the same, but maybe its just an effect of initialization, which I expect to reshape with a union - struct to use the space efficiently (gdb) p *__start___dyndbg@10 $3 = {{site = 0xffffffff82b252e8 , format = 0xffffffff825a8ab9 "head64", lineno = 0, flags = 0, module_index = 0, key = {dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, { type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, {type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}}}, {site = 0xffffffff82b252e8 , format = 0xffffffff825a8ade "ebda", lineno = 0, flags = 0, module_index = 0, key = {dd_key_true = { key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, {type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, {type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}}}, { site = 0xffffffff82b252e8 , format = 0xffffffff825a8ae3 "platform_quirks", lineno = 0, flags = 0, module_index = 0, key = {dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, { type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = {counter = 0}, {type = 0, entries = 0x0 , next = 0x0 }}}}}, { site = 0xffffffff82b25330 <__UNIQUE_ID_ddebug468_site.13>, format = 0xffffffff82653f07 " %s\n", lineno = 1349, flags = 1, module_index = 0, key = {dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 1}, { type = 18446744071602861249, entries = 0xffffffff826e74c1, next = 0xffffffff826e74c1}}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = {counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861249, entries = 0xffffffff826e74c1, next = 0xffffffff826e74c1}}}}}, { site = 0xffffffff82b25348 <__UNIQUE_ID_ddebug467_site.15>, format = 0xffffffff825a8b59 " with environment:\n", lineno = 1347, flags = 1, module_index = 0, key = {dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861265, entries = 0xffffffff826e74d1, next = 0xffffffff826e74d1}}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = { counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861265, entries = 0xffffffff826e74d1, next = 0xffffffff826e74d1}}}}}, {site = 0xffffffff82b25360 <__UNIQUE_ID_ddebug466_site.17>, format = 0xffffffff82653f07 " %s\n", lineno = 1346, flags = 1, module_index = 0, key = { dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861281, entries = 0xffffffff826e74e1, next = 0xffffffff826e74e1}}}, dd_key_false = {key = {enabled = { counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861281, entries = 0xffffffff826e74e1, next = 0xffffffff826e74e1}}}}}, {site = 0xffffffff82b25378 <__UNIQUE_ID_ddebug465_site.19>, format = 0xffffffff825a8b46 " with arguments:\n", lineno = 1344, flags = 1, module_index = 0, key = { dd_key_true = {key = {enabled = {counter = 1}, {type = 18446744071602861297, at any rate, I'll probly work this a bit, see if I can resolve a few problems