linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/11] kbuild: introduce blob framework

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Message-ID: <20250523-slim-dancing-mussel-c7a5f1@l-nschier-aarch64>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 16:21:06 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
	Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
	David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>, Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/11] kbuild: introduce blob framework

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 09:42:41AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Various subsystems embed non-code build artifacts into the kernel,
> for example the initramfs, /proc/config.gz, vDSO image, etc.
> Currently each user has their own implementation for that.
> 
> Add a common "blob" framework to provide this functionality.
> It provides standard kbuild and C APIs to embed and later access non-code
> build artifacts into the kernel image or modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
> 
> ---
> Due to its closeness to kbuild this is currently added to its MAINTAINER entry.
> But I can also maintain it on its own.
> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  MAINTAINERS                        |  2 ++
>  include/linux/blob.h               | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.blobs             | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.build             |  6 ++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.clean             |  2 +-
>  scripts/blob-wrap.c                | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Thanks, looks good to me and I like the design!

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>

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Nicolas Schier