3 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 31ea7a68baa4..70f1075cc5b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int symbol_filter(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym)
 
         for (i = 0; skip_symbols[i]; i++) {
                 if (!strcmp(skip_symbols[i], name)) {
-                        syme->skip = 1;
+                        sym->ignore = true;
                         break;
                 }
         }
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(const union perf_event *event,
         }
 
         syme = symbol__priv(al.sym);
-        if (!syme->skip) {
+        if (!al.sym->ignore) {
                 struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
                 evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(top.evlist, sample->id);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index db39c0c63608..713b0b40cc4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -48,12 +48,17 @@ char *strxfrchar(char *s, char from, char to);
 
 #define BUILD_ID_SIZE 20
 
+/** struct symbol - symtab entry
+ *
+ * @ignore - resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines)
+ */
 struct symbol {
         struct rb_node  rb_node;
         u64             start;
         u64             end;
         u16             namelen;
         u8              binding;
+        bool            ignore;
         char            name[0];
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.h b/tools/perf/util/top.h
index ba111b25e16a..bfbf95bcc603 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct sym_entry {
         struct list_head        node;
         unsigned long           snap_count;
         double                  weight;
-        int                     skip;
         struct map              *map;
         unsigned long           count[0];
 };