linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64 vDSO: install unstripped copies on disk

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Message-Id: <200707221124.59784.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:24:59 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64 vDSO: install unstripped copies on disk

On Sunday 22 July 2007 05:13:12 Roland McGrath wrote:
> This keeps an unstripped copy of the vDSO images built before they are
> stripped and embedded in the kernel.  The unstripped copies get installed
> in $(MODLIB)/vdso/ by "make install".  These files can be useful when they
> contain source-level debugging information.

Hmm, how would the debugger find them? There won't be any reference 
from the vdso to them.

If you do that then you should probably add a debuglink reference first.

-Andi
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