1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 936202342949..bb21c96e8e15 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ static void dso__set_loaded(struct dso *self, enum map_type type)
         self->loaded |= (1 << type);
 }
 
+static bool symbol_type__is_a(char symbol_type, enum map_type map_type)
+{
+        switch (map_type) {
+        case MAP__FUNCTION:
+                return symbol_type == 'T' || symbol_type == 'W';
+        default:
+                return false;
+        }
+}
+
 static void symbols__fixup_end(struct rb_root *self)
 {
         struct rb_node *nd, *prevnd = rb_first(self);
@@ -327,10 +337,7 @@ static int dso__load_all_kallsyms(struct dso *self, struct map *map)
                         continue;
 
                 symbol_type = toupper(line[len]);
-                /*
-                 * We're interested only in code ('T'ext)
-                 */
-                if (symbol_type != 'T' && symbol_type != 'W')
+                if (!symbol_type__is_a(symbol_type, map->type))
                         continue;
 
                 symbol_name = line + len + 2;