On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 07:09:30PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> Yes, thanks. Looks good to me and I think it's a good idea to apply
> that patch first.
>
> for Nathans patch: Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]>
Thanks, I have pushed this to kbuild-next-speedups as
36d4a11b56aa ("kbuild: Remove alignment on .modinfo section")
which Lorenzo can base on. I have also tentatively included the patches
that are basically ready in my eyes based on consensus and review so far
for initial build testing. I do see some comments on some of those
patches though, so I will hold off on fully applying them until the next
revision. If there are any other changes that we should consider taking
quickly on the next revision, please feel free to point them out, it is
a bit hard to follow these threads sometimes :)
[1]: https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/l/kbuild-next-speedups
> [ Lorenzo's patch, updated by Nathan ]
> [...]
> > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> > index 6833b517cacb..95b523fe4f9e 100644
> > --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
>
> [...]
> > @@ -103,10 +100,7 @@ vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
> > #
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > quiet_cmd_modules_builtin_modinfo = GEN $@
> > - cmd_modules_builtin_modinfo = $(cmd_objcopy); \
> > - chmod -x $@
> > -
> > -OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
> > + cmd_modules_builtin_modinfo = $(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .modinfo
> > --dump-section .modinfo=$@ $< /dev/null
>
> By shifting from "$(cmd_objcopy)" to "$(OBJCOPY) + args",
> $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) is dropped. It this by intention?
I am not sure it matters in this case since I don't think there are
global OBJCOPYFLAGS, I only see instances that come from specific rules
but I might be missing something.
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Cheers,
Nathan
