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<title>kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to sorttable</title>
<updated>2025-05-02T06:02:04Z</updated>
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<name>Xi Ruoyao</name>
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<published>2025-02-26T13:30:14Z</published>
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[ Upstream commit 82c09de2d4c472ab1b973e6e033671020691e637 ]

Without this dependency it's really puzzling when we bisect for a "bad"
commit in a series of sorttable change: when "git bisect" switches to
another commit, "make" just does nothing to vmlinux.

Signed-off-by: Xi Ruoyao &lt;xry111@xry111.site&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2024-11-30T21:41:50Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2024-11-30T21:41:50Z</published>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add generic support for built-in boot DTB files

 - Enable TAB cycling for dialog buttons in nconfig

 - Fix issues in streamline_config.pl

 - Refactor Kconfig

 - Add support for Clang's AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed
   Optimization)

 - Add support for Clang's Propeller, a profile-guided optimization.

 - Change the working directory to the external module directory for M=
   builds

 - Support building external modules in a separate output directory

 - Enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

 - Use lz4 instead of deprecated lz4c

 - Work around a performance issue with "git describe"

 - Refactor modpost

* tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (85 commits)
  kbuild: rename .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms to .tmp_vmlinux0.syms
  gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory
  kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids
  modpost: replace tdb_hash() with hash_str()
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add python3:native to build dependency
  genksyms: reduce indentation in export_symbol()
  modpost: improve error messages in device_id_check()
  modpost: rename alias symbol for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
  modpost: rename variables in handle_moddevtable()
  modpost: move strstarts() to modpost.h
  modpost: convert do_usb_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_of_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_device_entry() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_card_entries() to a generic handler
  modpost: call module_alias_printf() from all do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: pass (struct module *) to do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: remove DEF_FIELD_ADDR_VAR() macro
  modpost: deduplicate MODULE_ALIAS() for all drivers
  modpost: introduce module_alias_printf() helper
  modpost: remove unnecessary check in do_acpi_entry()
  ...
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<title>kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:46:03Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Weißschuh</name>
<email>linux@weissschuh.net</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-23T13:33:37Z</published>
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resolve_btfids is used by link-vmlinux.sh.
In contrast to other configuration options and targets no transitive
dependency between resolve_btfids and vmlinux.
Add an explicit one.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>kbuild: enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-13T23:45:22Z</published>
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Currently, objtool is disabled in scripts/Makefile.{modfinal,vmlinux}.

This commit moves rule_cc_o_c and rule_as_o_S to scripts/Makefile.lib
and set objtool-enabled to y there.

With this change, *.mod.o, .module-common.o,  builtin-dtb.o, and
vmlinux.export.o will now be covered by objtool.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>kbuild: move cmd_cc_o_c and cmd_as_o_S to scripts/Malefile.lib</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-13T23:45:21Z</published>
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The cmd_cc_o_c and cmd_as_o_S macros are duplicated in
scripts/Makefile.{build,modfinal,vmlinux}.

This commit factors them out to scripts/Makefile.lib.

No functional changes are intended.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>kbuild: add generic support for built-in boot DTBs</title>
<updated>2024-11-04T08:53:09Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2024-09-23T07:56:03Z</published>
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Some architectures embed boot DTBs in vmlinux. A potential issue for
these architectures is a race condition during parallel builds because
Kbuild descends into arch/*/boot/dts/ twice.

One build thread is initiated by the 'dtbs' target, which is a
prerequisite of the 'all' target in the top-level Makefile:

  ifdef CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
  all: dtbs
  endif

For architectures that support the built-in boot dtb, arch/*/boot/dts/
is visited also during the ordinary directory traversal in order to
build obj-y objects that wrap DTBs.

Since these build threads are unaware of each other, they can run
simultaneously during parallel builds.

This commit introduces a generic build rule to scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
to support embedded boot DTBs in a race-free way. Architectures that
want to use this rule need to select CONFIG_GENERIC_BUILTIN_DTB.

After the migration, Makefiles under arch/*/boot/dts/ will be visited
only once to build only *.dtb files.

This change also aims to unify the CONFIG options used for built-in DTBs
support. Currently, different architectures use different CONFIG options
for the same purposes.

With this commit, the CONFIG options will be unified as follows:

 - CONFIG_GENERIC_BUILTIN_DTB

   This enables the generic rule for built-in boot DTBs. This will be
   renamed to CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB after all architectures migrate to the
   generic rule.

 - CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_NAME

   This specifies the path to the embedded DTB.
   (relative to arch/*/boot/dts/)

 - CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_ALL

   If this is enabled, all DTB files compiled under arch/*/boot/dts/ are
   embedded into vmlinux. Only used by MIPS.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>kbuild: Add generic hook for architectures to use before the final vmlinux link</title>
<updated>2024-10-31T00:00:54Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Naveen N Rao</name>
<email>naveen@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2024-10-30T07:08:44Z</published>
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On powerpc, we would like to be able to make a pass on vmlinux.o and
generate a new object file to be linked into vmlinux. Add a generic pass
in Makefile.vmlinux that architectures can use for this purpose.

Architectures need to select CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_PRE_LINK_VMLINUX and must
provide arch/&lt;arch&gt;/tools/Makefile with .arch.vmlinux.o target, which
will be invoked prior to the final vmlinux link step.

Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao &lt;naveen@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241030070850.1361304-12-hbathini@linux.ibm.com

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<title>kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules</title>
<updated>2024-09-20T00:21:43Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Kris Van Hees</name>
<email>kris.van.hees@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-06T14:45:03Z</published>
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Create file module.builtin.ranges that can be used to find where
built-in modules are located by their addresses. This will be useful for
tracing tools to find what functions are for various built-in modules.

The offset range data for builtin modules is generated using:
 - modules.builtin: associates object files with module names
 - vmlinux.map: provides load order of sections and offset of first member
    per section
 - vmlinux.o.map: provides offset of object file content per section
 - .*.cmd: build cmd file with KBUILD_MODFILE

The generated data will look like:

.text 00000000-00000000 = _text
.text 0000baf0-0000cb10 amd_uncore
.text 0009bd10-0009c8e0 iosf_mbi
...
.text 00b9f080-00ba011a intel_skl_int3472_discrete
.text 00ba0120-00ba03c0 intel_skl_int3472_discrete intel_skl_int3472_tps68470
.text 00ba03c0-00ba08d6 intel_skl_int3472_tps68470
...
.data 00000000-00000000 = _sdata
.data 0000f020-0000f680 amd_uncore

For each ELF section, it lists the offset of the first symbol.  This can
be used to determine the base address of the section at runtime.

Next, it lists (in strict ascending order) offset ranges in that section
that cover the symbols of one or more builtin modules.  Multiple ranges
can apply to a single module, and ranges can be shared between modules.

The CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES option controls whether offset range data
is generated for kernel modules that are built into the kernel image.

How it works:

 1. The modules.builtin file is parsed to obtain a list of built-in
    module names and their associated object names (the .ko file that
    the module would be in if it were a loadable module, hereafter
    referred to as &lt;kmodfile&gt;).  This object name can be used to
    identify objects in the kernel compile because any C or assembler
    code that ends up into a built-in module will have the option
    -DKBUILD_MODFILE=&lt;kmodfile&gt; present in its build command, and those
    can be found in the .&lt;obj&gt;.cmd file in the kernel build tree.

    If an object is part of multiple modules, they will all be listed
    in the KBUILD_MODFILE option argument.

    This allows us to conclusively determine whether an object in the
    kernel build belong to any modules, and which.

 2. The vmlinux.map is parsed next to determine the base address of each
    top level section so that all addresses into the section can be
    turned into offsets.  This makes it possible to handle sections
    getting loaded at different addresses at system boot.

    We also determine an 'anchor' symbol at the beginning of each
    section to make it possible to calculate the true base address of
    a section at runtime (i.e. symbol address - symbol offset).

    We collect start addresses of sections that are included in the top
    level section.  This is used when vmlinux is linked using vmlinux.o,
    because in that case, we need to look at the vmlinux.o linker map to
    know what object a symbol is found in.

    And finally, we process each symbol that is listed in vmlinux.map
    (or vmlinux.o.map) based on the following structure:

    vmlinux linked from vmlinux.a:

      vmlinux.map:
        &lt;top level section&gt;
          &lt;included section&gt;  -- might be same as top level section)
            &lt;object&gt;          -- built-in association known
              &lt;symbol&gt;        -- belongs to module(s) object belongs to
              ...

    vmlinux linked from vmlinux.o:

      vmlinux.map:
        &lt;top level section&gt;
          &lt;included section&gt;  -- might be same as top level section)
            vmlinux.o         -- need to use vmlinux.o.map
              &lt;symbol&gt;        -- ignored
              ...

      vmlinux.o.map:
        &lt;section&gt;
            &lt;object&gt;          -- built-in association known
              &lt;symbol&gt;        -- belongs to module(s) object belongs to
              ...

 3. As sections, objects, and symbols are processed, offset ranges are
    constructed in a straight-forward way:

      - If the symbol belongs to one or more built-in modules:
          - If we were working on the same module(s), extend the range
            to include this object
          - If we were working on another module(s), close that range,
            and start the new one
      - If the symbol does not belong to any built-in modules:
          - If we were working on a module(s) range, close that range

Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees &lt;kris.van.hees@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock &lt;nick.alcock@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire &lt;alan.maguire@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sam James &lt;sam@gentoo.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>kbuild: fix typos "prequisites" to "prerequisites"</title>
<updated>2024-08-22T17:41:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-18T07:07:11Z</published>
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This typo in scripts/Makefile.build has been present for more than 20
years. It was accidentally copy-pasted to other scripts/Makefile.* files.
Fix them all.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>Makefile: remove redundant tool coverage variables</title>
<updated>2024-05-14T14:35:48Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-06T13:35:43Z</published>
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Now Kbuild provides reasonable defaults for objtool, sanitizers, and
profilers.

Remove redundant variables.

Note:

This commit changes the coverage for some objects:

  - include arch/mips/vdso/vdso-image.o into UBSAN, GCOV, KCOV
  - include arch/sparc/vdso/vdso-image-*.o into UBSAN
  - include arch/sparc/vdso/vma.o into UBSAN
  - include arch/x86/entry/vdso/extable.o into KASAN, KCSAN, UBSAN, GCOV, KCOV
  - include arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-image-*.o into KASAN, KCSAN, UBSAN, GCOV, KCOV
  - include arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32-setup.o into KASAN, KCSAN, UBSAN, GCOV, KCOV
  - include arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.o into GCOV, KCOV
  - include arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.o into KASAN, GCOV, KCOV

I believe these are positive effects because all of them are kernel
space objects.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Roberto Sassu &lt;roberto.sassu@huawei.com&gt;
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