linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] kbuild: vmlinux.unstripped should always depend on .vmlinux.export.o

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Message-ID: <aNOSMAzPIC5xu5Zb@levanger>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:39:44 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
To: Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] kbuild: vmlinux.unstripped should always depend
 on .vmlinux.export.o

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 10:05:52AM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> Since .vmlinux.export.c is used to add generated by modpost modaliases
> for builtin modules the .vmlinux.export.o is no longer optional and
> should always be created. The generation of this file is not dependent
> on CONFIG_MODULES.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 9 ++-------
>  scripts/link-vmlinux.sh  | 5 +----
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>

-- 
Nicolas