Comment # 4 on bug 1180610 from Martin Li������ka

Something like:

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index f3577f7d72fe..acb90969c6cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,9 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
struct symsrc *syms_ss,
         if (sym.st_shndx == SHN_ABS)
             continue;

+    if (GELF_ST_TYPE(sym.st_info) != STT_FUNC)
+      continue;
+
         sec = elf_getscn(runtime_ss->elf, sym.st_shndx);
         if (!sec)
             goto out_elf_end;