extable.o params.o \
            kthread.o sys_ni.o nsproxy.o \
            notifier.o ksysfs.o cred.o reboot.o \
-           async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o
+           async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o ksyms_common.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_USERMODE_DRIVER) += usermode_driver.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MULTIUSER) += groups.o
 
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL */
 
-static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-       extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
-       if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid <= 1)
-               return 1;
-#endif
-       return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * We show kallsyms information even to normal users if we've enabled
- * kernel profiling and are explicitly not paranoid (so kptr_restrict
- * is clear, and sysctl_perf_event_paranoid isn't set).
- *
- * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
- * block even that).
- */
-bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
-{
-       switch (kptr_restrict) {
-       case 0:
-               if (kallsyms_for_perf())
-                       return true;
-               fallthrough;
-       case 1:
-               if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
-                                    CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)
-                       return true;
-               fallthrough;
-       default:
-               return false;
-       }
-}
-
 static int kallsyms_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
        /*
 
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * ksyms_common.c: A split of kernel/kallsyms.c
+ * Contains a few generic function definations independent of config KALLSYMS.
+ */
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
+static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+       extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
+
+       if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid <= 1)
+               return 1;
+#endif
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We show kallsyms information even to normal users if we've enabled
+ * kernel profiling and are explicitly not paranoid (so kptr_restrict
+ * is clear, and sysctl_perf_event_paranoid isn't set).
+ *
+ * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
+ * block even that).
+ */
+bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
+{
+       switch (kptr_restrict) {
+       case 0:
+               if (kallsyms_for_perf())
+                       return true;
+               fallthrough;
+       case 1:
+               if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
+                                    CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)
+                       return true;
+               fallthrough;
+       default:
+               return false;
+       }
+}
+#endif