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+.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+.\"
+.TH proc_kallsyms 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+/proc/kallsyms \- kernel exported symbols
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.TP
+.IR /proc/kallsyms " (since Linux 2.5.71)"
+This holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the
+.BR modules (X)
+tools to dynamically link and bind loadable modules.
+In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file with slightly different syntax
+was named
+.IR ksyms .
+.SH HISTORY
+.TP
+.IR /proc/ksyms " (Linux 1.1.23\[en]2.5.47)"
+See
+.IR /proc/kallsyms .
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR proc (5)