if (build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(from_dir, sbuildid) < 0)
                return -1;
 
-       scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/[kernel.kcore]/%s",
-                 buildid_dir, sbuildid);
+       scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/%s/%s",
+                 buildid_dir, DSO__NAME_KCORE, sbuildid);
 
        if (!force &&
            !build_id_cache__kcore_existing(from_dir, to_dir, sizeof(to_dir))) {
        if (build_id_cache__kcore_dir(dir, sizeof(dir)))
                return -1;
 
-       scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/[kernel.kcore]/%s/%s",
-                 buildid_dir, sbuildid, dir);
+       scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/%s/%s/%s",
+                 buildid_dir, DSO__NAME_KCORE, sbuildid, dir);
 
        if (mkdir_p(to_dir, 0755))
                return -1;
 
        } else if (dso__is_kcore(dso)) {
                goto fallback;
        } else if (readlink(symfs_filename, command, sizeof(command)) < 0 ||
-                  strstr(command, "[kernel.kallsyms]") ||
+                  strstr(command, DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS) ||
                   access(symfs_filename, R_OK)) {
                free(filename);
 fallback:
 
        if (machine__is_host(machine)) {
                vmlinux_name = symbol_conf.vmlinux_name;
                if (!vmlinux_name)
-                       vmlinux_name = "[kernel.kallsyms]";
+                       vmlinux_name = DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS;
 
                kernel = machine__findnew_kernel(machine, vmlinux_name,
                                                 "[kernel]", DSO_TYPE_KERNEL);
 
 
        build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id), sbuild_id);
 
-       scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/[kernel.kcore]/%s", buildid_dir,
-                 sbuild_id);
+       scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s", buildid_dir,
+                 DSO__NAME_KCORE, sbuild_id);
 
        /* Use /proc/kallsyms if possible */
        if (is_host) {
        if (!find_matching_kcore(map, path, sizeof(path)))
                return strdup(path);
 
-       scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/[kernel.kallsyms]/%s",
-                 buildid_dir, sbuild_id);
+       scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s",
+                 buildid_dir, DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS, sbuild_id);
 
        if (access(path, F_OK)) {
                pr_err("No kallsyms or vmlinux with build-id %s was found\n",
 
        if (err > 0 && !dso__is_kcore(dso)) {
                dso->binary_type = DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS;
-               dso__set_long_name(dso, "[kernel.kallsyms]", false);
+               dso__set_long_name(dso, DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS, false);
                map__fixup_start(map);
                map__fixup_end(map);
        }
 
 #define DMGL_ANSI        (1 << 1)       /* Include const, volatile, etc */
 #endif
 
+#define DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS     "[kernel.kallsyms]"
+#define DSO__NAME_KCORE                "[kernel.kcore]"
+
 /** struct symbol - symtab entry
  *
  * @ignore - resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines)