If TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled, all unneeded exported symbols are made unexported. Two-pass build of the kernel is done to find out which symbols are needed based on a configuration. This effectively complicates things for out-of-tree modules.
Livepatch exports functions to (un)register and enable/disable a live patch. The only in-tree module which uses these functions is a sample in samples/livepatch/. If the sample is disabled, the functions are trimmed and out-of-tree live patches cannot be built. Note that live patches are intended to be built out-of-tree. Suggested-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <[email protected]> --- kernel/livepatch/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/Kconfig b/kernel/livepatch/Kconfig index 045022557936..ec4565122e65 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/livepatch/Kconfig @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config LIVEPATCH depends on SYSFS depends on KALLSYMS_ALL depends on HAVE_LIVEPATCH + depends on !TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS help Say Y here if you want to support kernel live patching. This option has no runtime impact until a kernel "patch" -- 2.12.2
