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

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2023 16:48:24 +0530
From:   Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] kbuild: modinst: do modules_install step by step

On 06/08/23 12:15, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:30:22AM +0530, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
>> On 04/08/23 19:36, Greg KH wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> Thanks for the inputs Greg.
>>
>> CC-ing linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org as suggested.
> 
> This doesn't actually do anything, sorry.  Please resend the whole
> patchset again and add the proper people and list.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Done. Addressed comments from Masahiro Yamada and sent a new patch 
series, hopefully I have added everyone this time :) Thanks.

-- 
Shedi