linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: preprocess module linker script

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:45:44 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: preprocess module linker script

On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 10:31:21PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> There was a request to preprocess the module linker script like we do
> for the vmlinux one (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/21/512).
> 
> The difference between vmlinux.lds and module.lds is that the latter
> is needed for external module builds, thus must be cleaned up by
> 'make mrproper' instead of 'make clean' (also, it must be created by
> 'make modules_prepare').
> 
> You cannot put it in arch/*/kernel/ because 'make clean' descends into
> it. I moved arch/*/kernel/module.lds to arch/*/include/asm/module.lds.h,
> which is included from scripts/module.lds.S.
> 
> scripts/module.lds is fine because 'make clean' keeps all the build
> artifacts under scripts/.
> 
> You can add arch-specific sections in <asm/module.lds.h>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook