linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] x86/boot: Remove runtime relocations from compressed kernel

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Message-ID: <20200714141550.GA329060@rani.riverdale.lan>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:15:50 -0400
From:   Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Golovin <dima@...ovin.in>,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl@...rceware.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] x86/boot: Remove runtime relocations from
 compressed kernel

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 03:15:49PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> 
> How to test this series without building a full new kernel?
> 
> make $make_opts vmlinux
> 
> - Sedat -
> 

Not sure I understood the question: you do have to build a full new
kernel with this patch series to test it. Since the changes are to the
compressed kernel, you would need to make bzImage, which is the end
product of the full kernel build.

Thanks.