From nobody Sat Feb 7 05:19:43 2026 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1871D2F2613; Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758182823; cv=none; b=d+49aus5poH7VLFv7IbCsQftBBFD2Obk+d4cOCvPVCVCLr/KEjD1ZGZ9vzUEJtWWCSS/UJj8EiFDB04jPLnV7c8PLrXGWmW6ZYkHrQv2mkFRuNOu6R7Cvx4OqYyYzFxk/xXjMyaXavIOYv/PtccE1asJb2a8W4i92QOKg5ruzAM= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758182823; c=relaxed/simple; bh=bb5ubgK/wnhVsZbyUpoKbh+1vpm6J0XlrHxcoyqPAfY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=Yl7pg4UVK0j16QkhNWx1EDq6W/LeeamzsMQY6RD84g7ji4JzMhXcXxaeVbQRdFbMiY69AxNMENgHPLItT9O0PgXa1WU7UydQHxR9KWySotZG3zgehQaYcURtgAhGBa1UAR4QJCE/kLnX9twTaezWQVueiOfpeEV6dpAkjgzY0RE= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=p8Sfdiut; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="p8Sfdiut" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47107C4CEFE; Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:07:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1758182822; bh=bb5ubgK/wnhVsZbyUpoKbh+1vpm6J0XlrHxcoyqPAfY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=p8SfdiutRi1dNuJaSQDjHvZp2AvAuH3VejsqkAPNU18abPlavYQHq3zelfSQsE1VP sCEYQ7eKxiF/VUtXSIF6qvPXcQtNVFD2HFugj3oK0uF8tBnpBtnNPmjdu02klchked li2tJNnsNygtsQ4XupA23BdbOnHsFgsPozubJW8VwT6qUbWcpLElOomcwuJLGi4d4k tyNg6NYoU/+0oTPODJVsM1Vaa72fGKmYE5OnkhldzO2wx9StOhMFw8hSLIfccNnHyU 5lvKcf9Fac9ArnJEjMGMoHfQ5ExZVjig5XjvIwFLkc8u0IbZw6wAQ0PAmceoZGtyxM oaOrCXrqtt5JQ== From: Alexey Gladkov To: Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Petr Pavlu , Luis Chamberlain , Sami Tolvanen , Daniel Gomez Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada , Nicolas Schier Subject: [PATCH v8 2/8] kbuild: always create intermediate vmlinux.unstripped Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:05:46 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Masahiro Yamada Generate the intermediate vmlinux.unstripped regardless of CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS. If CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS is unset, vmlinux.unstripped and vmlinux are identiacal. This simplifies the build rule, and allows to strip more sections by adding them to remove-section-y. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier --- scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux index b64862dc6f08d..4f2d4c3fb7372 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux @@ -9,20 +9,6 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib =20 targets :=3D =20 -ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS -vmlinux-final :=3D vmlinux.unstripped - -quiet_cmd_strip_relocs =3D RSTRIP $@ - cmd_strip_relocs =3D $(OBJCOPY) --remove-section=3D'.rel*' --remove-= section=3D!'.rel*.dyn' $< $@ - -vmlinux: $(vmlinux-final) FORCE - $(call if_changed,strip_relocs) - -targets +=3D vmlinux -else -vmlinux-final :=3D vmlinux -endif - %.o: %.c FORCE $(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c) =20 @@ -61,19 +47,19 @@ targets +=3D .builtin-dtbs-list =20 ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUILTIN_DTB targets +=3D .builtin-dtbs.S .builtin-dtbs.o -$(vmlinux-final): .builtin-dtbs.o +vmlinux.unstripped: .builtin-dtbs.o endif =20 -# vmlinux +# vmlinux.unstripped # ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- =20 ifdef CONFIG_MODULES targets +=3D .vmlinux.export.o -$(vmlinux-final): .vmlinux.export.o +vmlinux.unstripped: .vmlinux.export.o endif =20 ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_PRE_LINK_VMLINUX -$(vmlinux-final): arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o +vmlinux.unstripped: arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o =20 arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o: vmlinux.o FORCE $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=3Darch/$(SRCARCH)/tools $@ @@ -86,17 +72,30 @@ cmd_link_vmlinux =3D \ $< "$(LD)" "$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(LDFLAGS_vmlinux)" "$@"; \ $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true) =20 -targets +=3D $(vmlinux-final) -$(vmlinux-final): scripts/link-vmlinux.sh vmlinux.o $(KBUILD_LDS) FORCE +targets +=3D vmlinux.unstripped +vmlinux.unstripped: scripts/link-vmlinux.sh vmlinux.o $(KBUILD_LDS) FORCE +$(call if_changed_dep,link_vmlinux) ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF -$(vmlinux-final): $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) +vmlinux.unstripped: $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) endif =20 ifdef CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT -$(vmlinux-final): scripts/sorttable +vmlinux.unstripped: scripts/sorttable endif =20 +# vmlinux +# ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- + +remove-section-y :=3D +remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) +=3D '.rel*' + +quiet_cmd_strip_relocs =3D OBJCOPY $@ + cmd_strip_relocs =3D $(OBJCOPY) $(addprefix --remove-section=3D,$(re= move-section-y)) $< $@ + +targets +=3D vmlinux +vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE + $(call if_changed,strip_relocs) + # modules.builtin.ranges # ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES @@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ modules.builtin.ranges: $(srctree)/scripts/generate_bui= ltin_ranges.awk \ modules.builtin vmlinux.map vmlinux.o.map FORCE $(call if_changed,modules_builtin_ranges) =20 -vmlinux.map: $(vmlinux-final) +vmlinux.map: vmlinux.unstripped @: =20 endif --=20 2.51.0