On Tue, 2026-03-03 at 20:45 +0530, Sudhakar Kuppusamy wrote:
> Configuring the build with --with-platform=emu fails on 32-bit PowerPC with:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: appendedsig.module: in function `grub_mod_init':
> /home/glaubitz/grub/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c:1615:(.text+0x2ab4):
>  undefined reference to `grub_pks_get_keystore'
> /usr/bin/ld: appendedsig.module: in function `create_dbs_from_pks':
> /home/glaubitz/grub/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c:1400:(.text+0x2c3c):
>  undefined reference to `grub_pks_free_data'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> Fixing this by excluding the Platform Keystore (PKS) for grub-emu.
> 
> Reported-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sudhakar Kuppusamy <[email protected]>
> ---
> v1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2026-02/msg00094.html
> Thank you, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz and Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko,
> for your feedback on v1.
> 
> v2: Avoided the inclusion of the powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h and
>     PKS support in emu.
> ---
>  grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c      | 12 ++++++++++++
>  include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h | 13 -------------
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c 
> b/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c
> index 5c53f634c..65ec134c0 100644
> --- a/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c
> +++ b/grub-core/commands/appendedsig/appendedsig.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
>  #include <libtasn1.h>
>  #include <grub/env.h>
>  #include <grub/lockdown.h>
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>  #include <grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h>
> +#endif
>  #include <grub/efi/pks.h>
>  
>  #include "appendedsig.h"
> @@ -123,8 +125,10 @@ static bool check_sigs = false;
>   */
>  static bool append_key_mgmt = false;
>  
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>  /* Platform KeyStore db and dbx. */
>  static grub_pks_t *pks_keystore;
> +#endif
>  
>  /* Appended signature size. */
>  static grub_size_t append_sig_len = 0;
> @@ -344,6 +348,7 @@ add_hash (grub_uint8_t *const data, const grub_size_t 
> data_size, sb_database_t *
>    return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
>  }
>  
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>  static bool
>  is_hash (const grub_packed_guid_t *guid)
>  {
> @@ -370,6 +375,7 @@ is_x509 (const grub_packed_guid_t *guid)
>  
>    return false;
>  }
> +#endif
>  
>  static bool
>  is_cert_match (const grub_x509_cert_t *cert1, const grub_x509_cert_t *cert2)
> @@ -1269,6 +1275,7 @@ grub_cmd_add_dbx_hash (grub_extcmd_context_t ctxt, int 
> argc __attribute__ ((unus
>    return rc;
>  }
>  
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>  /* Add the X.509 certificates/binary hash to the db list from PKS. */
>  static grub_err_t
>  load_pks2db (void)
> @@ -1330,6 +1337,7 @@ load_pks2dbx (void)
>  
>    return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
>  }
> +#endif
>  
>  /*
>   * Extract the X.509 certificates from the ELF Note header, parse it, and add
> @@ -1378,6 +1386,7 @@ load_elf2db (void)
>  static void
>  create_dbs_from_pks (void)
>  {
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>    grub_err_t err;
>  
>    err = load_pks2dbx ();
> @@ -1402,6 +1411,7 @@ create_dbs_from_pks (void)
>                  "the dbx list now has %u keys\n",
>                  db.hash_entries + db.cert_entries,
>                  dbx.hash_entries + dbx.cert_entries);
> +#endif
>  }
>  
>  /* Free db list memory */
> @@ -1611,10 +1621,12 @@ GRUB_MOD_INIT (appendedsig)
>    if (grub_is_lockdown () == GRUB_LOCKDOWN_ENABLED)
>      check_sigs = true;
>  
> +#if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_EMU)
>    /* If PKS keystore is available, use dynamic key management. */
>    pks_keystore = grub_pks_get_keystore ();
>    if (pks_keystore != NULL)
>      append_key_mgmt = true;
> +#endif
>  
>    /*
>     * This is appended signature verification environment variable. It is
> diff --git a/include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h 
> b/include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h
> index 931ada224..edb342aae 100644
> --- a/include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h
> +++ b/include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/platform_keystore.h
> @@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ struct grub_pks
>  };
>  typedef struct grub_pks grub_pks_t;
>  
> -#if defined(__powerpc__)
>  /* Initialization of the Platform Keystore. */
>  extern void
>  grub_pks_keystore_init (void);
> @@ -108,16 +107,4 @@ EXPORT_FUNC (grub_pks_get_keystore) (void);
>  /* Free allocated memory. */
>  extern void
>  EXPORT_FUNC (grub_pks_free_data) (void);
> -#else
> -static inline grub_pks_t *
> -grub_pks_get_keystore (void)
> -{
> -  return NULL;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void
> -grub_pks_free_data (void)
> -{
> -}
> -#endif /* __powerpc__ */
>  #endif

This fixes the issue for me.

Tested-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Adrian

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