linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] kbuild, kconfig: generate offset range data for builtin modules

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:57:38 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>,
	Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>,
	Elena Zannoni <elena.zannoni@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] kbuild, kconfig: generate offset range data for
 builtin modules

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 01:14:27PM -0400, Kris Van Hees wrote:
> The offset range data for builtin modules is generated using:
>  - modules.builtin: associates object files with module names
>  - vmlinux.map: provides load order of sections and offset of first member
>     per section
>  - vmlinux.o.map: provides offset of object file content per section
>  - .*.cmd: build cmd file with KBUILD_MODFILE and KBUILD_MODNAME

What tests do we have to ensure this is working correctly and not
spewing out lies? What proactive mechanisms do we have to verify the
semantics won't change, or to warn at build time that this awk script
will break upon new changes? Is this just best effort? Is that good
enough? Why?

  Luis