linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] kbuild: modinst: do modules

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2023 16:06:06 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        nathan@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com, nicolas@...sle.eu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sshedi@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] kbuild: modinst: do modules_install step by step

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 08:23:58PM +0530, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
> Currently Makefile.modinst does three tasks on each module built:
> - Install modules
> - Sign modules
> - Compress modules
> 
> All the above tasks happen from a single place.
> 
> This patch divides this task further and uses a different makefile for
> each task.
> Signing module logic is completely refactored and everything happens
> from a shell script now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.compress |  53 ++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.install  |  66 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.modinst  | 111 +++-----------------------------------
>  scripts/Makefile.sign     |  37 +++++++++++++
>  scripts/signfile.sh       |  24 +++++++++
>  5 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.compress
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.install
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.sign
>  create mode 100755 scripts/signfile.sh

As you are touching the build process, you should always cc: the proper
mailing list, and the KBUILD maintainer.  Please do so for this series,
as that is the proper tree for this to go through.

thanks,

greg k-h