The unstripped vDSO files are useful for debugging.
They are provided in the upstream 'linux-headers' package.

Also package them as part of 'make pacman-pkg'.
Make them part of the '-debug' package, as they fit there best.
This differs from the upstream package as that has no '-debug' variant.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
In my opinion the same would be useful for debian and rpm packages.
Maybe we should have install-extmod-debug, similar to
install-extmod-build, to centralize these.
---
 scripts/package/PKGBUILD | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
index 452374d63c24..b1d0c8a9f030 100644
--- a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
+++ b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ _package-debug(){
 	install -Dt "${debugdir}" -m644 vmlinux
 	mkdir -p "${builddir}"
 	ln -sr "${debugdir}/vmlinux" "${builddir}/vmlinux"
+
+	echo "Installing unstripped vDSO(s)..."
+	${MAKE} INSTALL_MOD_PATH="${pkgdir}/usr" vdso_install
 }
 
 for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do

---
base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
change-id: 20260318-kbuild-pacman-vdso-install-1a81a947b27a

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:37:20 +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The unstripped vDSO files are useful for debugging.
> They are provided in the upstream 'linux-headers' package.
> 
> Also package them as part of 'make pacman-pkg'.
> Make them part of the '-debug' package, as they fit there best.
> This differs from the upstream package as that has no '-debug' variant.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kbuild/linux.git (kbuild-next-unstable), thanks!

[1/1] kbuild: pacman-pkg: package unstripped vDSO libraries
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/165e86c2

Please look out for regression or issue reports or other follow up
comments, as they may result in the patch/series getting dropped,
reverted or modified (e.g. trailers). Patches applied to the
kbuild-next-unstable branch are accepted pending wider testing in
linux-next and any post-commit review; they will generally be moved
to the kbuild-next branch in about a week if no issues are found.

Best regards,
-- 
Nicolas

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 09:37:20PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The unstripped vDSO files are useful for debugging.
> They are provided in the upstream 'linux-headers' package.
> 
> Also package them as part of 'make pacman-pkg'.
> Make them part of the '-debug' package, as they fit there best.
> This differs from the upstream package as that has no '-debug' variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

Seems reasonable to me.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

> ---
> In my opinion the same would be useful for debian and rpm packages.
> Maybe we should have install-extmod-debug, similar to
> install-extmod-build, to centralize these.
> ---
>  scripts/package/PKGBUILD | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> index 452374d63c24..b1d0c8a9f030 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> +++ b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> @@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ _package-debug(){
>  	install -Dt "${debugdir}" -m644 vmlinux
>  	mkdir -p "${builddir}"
>  	ln -sr "${debugdir}/vmlinux" "${builddir}/vmlinux"
> +
> +	echo "Installing unstripped vDSO(s)..."
> +	${MAKE} INSTALL_MOD_PATH="${pkgdir}/usr" vdso_install
>  }
>  
>  for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> change-id: 20260318-kbuild-pacman-vdso-install-1a81a947b27a
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
>