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<title>linux-toradex.git/Makefile, branch v6.13-rc3</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Linux 6.13-rc3</title>
<updated>2024-12-15T23:58:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-15T23:58:23+00:00</published>
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<title>Linux 6.13-rc2</title>
<updated>2024-12-08T22:03:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-08T22:03:39+00:00</published>
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<title>Linux 6.13-rc1</title>
<updated>2024-12-01T22:28:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-01T22:28:56+00:00</published>
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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>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</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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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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<entry>
<title>kbuild: switch from lz4c to lz4 for compression</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Parth Pancholi</name>
<email>parth.pancholi@toradex.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-14T14:56:44+00:00</published>
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Replace lz4c with lz4 for kernel image compression.
Although lz4 and lz4c are functionally similar, lz4c has been deprecated
upstream since 2018. Since as early as Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 25, lz4
and lz4c have been packaged together, making it safe to update the
requirement from lz4c to lz4.

Consequently, some distributions and build systems, such as OpenEmbedded,
have fully transitioned to using lz4. OpenEmbedded core adopted this
change in commit fe167e082cbd ("bitbake.conf: require lz4 instead of
lz4c"), causing compatibility issues when building the mainline kernel
in the latest OpenEmbedded environment, as seen in the errors below.

This change also updates the LZ4 compression commands to make it backward
compatible by replacing stdin and stdout with the '-' option, due to some
unclear reason, the stdout keyword does not work for lz4 and '-' works for
both. In addition, this modifies the legacy '-c1' with '-9' which is also
compatible with both. This fixes the mainline kernel build failures with
the latest master OpenEmbedded builds associated with the mentioned
compatibility issues.

LZ4     arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data
/bin/sh: 1: lz4c: not found
...
...
ERROR: oe_runmake failed

Link: https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/553
Suggested-by: Francesco Dolcini &lt;francesco.dolcini@toradex.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Parth Pancholi &lt;parth.pancholi@toradex.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Replace lz4c with lz4 for kernel image compression.
Although lz4 and lz4c are functionally similar, lz4c has been deprecated
upstream since 2018. Since as early as Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 25, lz4
and lz4c have been packaged together, making it safe to update the
requirement from lz4c to lz4.

Consequently, some distributions and build systems, such as OpenEmbedded,
have fully transitioned to using lz4. OpenEmbedded core adopted this
change in commit fe167e082cbd ("bitbake.conf: require lz4 instead of
lz4c"), causing compatibility issues when building the mainline kernel
in the latest OpenEmbedded environment, as seen in the errors below.

This change also updates the LZ4 compression commands to make it backward
compatible by replacing stdin and stdout with the '-' option, due to some
unclear reason, the stdout keyword does not work for lz4 and '-' works for
both. In addition, this modifies the legacy '-c1' with '-9' which is also
compatible with both. This fixes the mainline kernel build failures with
the latest master OpenEmbedded builds associated with the mentioned
compatibility issues.

LZ4     arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data
/bin/sh: 1: lz4c: not found
...
...
ERROR: oe_runmake failed

Link: https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/553
Suggested-by: Francesco Dolcini &lt;francesco.dolcini@toradex.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Parth Pancholi &lt;parth.pancholi@toradex.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>kbuild: remove support for single %.symtypes build rule</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-11T17:17:41+00:00</published>
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This rule is unnecessary because you can generate foo/bar.symtypes
as a side effect using:

  $ make KBUILD_SYMTYPES=1 foo/bar.o

While compiling *.o is slower than preprocessing, the impact is
negligible. I prioritize keeping the code simpler.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
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This rule is unnecessary because you can generate foo/bar.symtypes
as a side effect using:

  $ make KBUILD_SYMTYPES=1 foo/bar.o

While compiling *.o is slower than preprocessing, the impact is
negligible. I prioritize keeping the code simpler.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: allow to start building external modules in any directory</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-10T01:34:39+00:00</published>
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Unless an explicit O= option is provided, external module builds must
start from the kernel directory.

This can be achieved by using the -C option:

  $ make -C /path/to/kernel M=/path/to/external/module

This commit allows starting external module builds from any directory,
so you can also do the following:

  $ make -f /path/to/kernel/Makefile M=/path/to/external/module

The key difference is that the -C option changes the working directory
and parses the Makefile located there, while the -f option only
specifies the Makefile to use.

As shown in the examples in Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst, external
modules usually have a wrapper Makefile that allows you to build them
without specifying any make arguments. The Makefile typically contains
a rule as follows:

    KDIR ?= /path/to/kernel
    default:
            $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(CURDIR) $(MAKECMDGOALS)

The log will appear as follows:

    $ make
    make -C /path/to/kernel M=/path/to/external/module
    make[1]: Entering directory '/path/to/kernel'
    make[2]: Entering directory '/path/to/external/module'
      CC [M]  helloworld.o
      MODPOST Module.symvers
      CC [M]  helloworld.mod.o
      CC [M]  .module-common.o
      LD [M]  helloworld.ko
    make[2]: Leaving directory '/path/to/external/module'
    make[1]: Leaving directory '/path/to/kernel'

This changes the working directory twice because the -C option first
switches to the kernel directory, and then Kbuild internally recurses
back to the external module directory.

With this commit, the wrapper Makefile can directly include the kernel
Makefile:

    KDIR ?= /path/to/kernel
    export KBUILD_EXTMOD := $(realpath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
    include $(KDIR)/Makefile

This avoids unnecessary sub-make invocations:

    $ make
      CC [M]  helloworld.o
      MODPOST Module.symvers
      CC [M]  helloworld.mod.o
      CC [M]  .module-common.o
      LD [M]  helloworld.ko

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
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Unless an explicit O= option is provided, external module builds must
start from the kernel directory.

This can be achieved by using the -C option:

  $ make -C /path/to/kernel M=/path/to/external/module

This commit allows starting external module builds from any directory,
so you can also do the following:

  $ make -f /path/to/kernel/Makefile M=/path/to/external/module

The key difference is that the -C option changes the working directory
and parses the Makefile located there, while the -f option only
specifies the Makefile to use.

As shown in the examples in Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst, external
modules usually have a wrapper Makefile that allows you to build them
without specifying any make arguments. The Makefile typically contains
a rule as follows:

    KDIR ?= /path/to/kernel
    default:
            $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(CURDIR) $(MAKECMDGOALS)

The log will appear as follows:

    $ make
    make -C /path/to/kernel M=/path/to/external/module
    make[1]: Entering directory '/path/to/kernel'
    make[2]: Entering directory '/path/to/external/module'
      CC [M]  helloworld.o
      MODPOST Module.symvers
      CC [M]  helloworld.mod.o
      CC [M]  .module-common.o
      LD [M]  helloworld.ko
    make[2]: Leaving directory '/path/to/external/module'
    make[1]: Leaving directory '/path/to/kernel'

This changes the working directory twice because the -C option first
switches to the kernel directory, and then Kbuild internally recurses
back to the external module directory.

With this commit, the wrapper Makefile can directly include the kernel
Makefile:

    KDIR ?= /path/to/kernel
    export KBUILD_EXTMOD := $(realpath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
    include $(KDIR)/Makefile

This avoids unnecessary sub-make invocations:

    $ make
      CC [M]  helloworld.o
      MODPOST Module.symvers
      CC [M]  helloworld.mod.o
      CC [M]  .module-common.o
      LD [M]  helloworld.ko

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: make wrapper Makefile more convenient for external modules</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-10T01:34:38+00:00</published>
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When Kbuild starts building in a separate output directory, it generates
a wrapper Makefile, allowing you to invoke 'make' from the output
directory.

This commit makes it more convenient, so you can invoke 'make' without
M= or MO=.

First, you need to build external modules in a separate directory:

  $ make M=/path/to/module/source/dir MO=/path/to/module/build/dir

Once the wrapper Makefile is generated in /path/to/module/build/dir,
you can proceed as follows:

  $ cd /path/to/module/build/dir
  $ make

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
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When Kbuild starts building in a separate output directory, it generates
a wrapper Makefile, allowing you to invoke 'make' from the output
directory.

This commit makes it more convenient, so you can invoke 'make' without
M= or MO=.

First, you need to build external modules in a separate directory:

  $ make M=/path/to/module/source/dir MO=/path/to/module/build/dir

Once the wrapper Makefile is generated in /path/to/module/build/dir,
you can proceed as follows:

  $ cd /path/to/module/build/dir
  $ make

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: use absolute path in the generated wrapper Makefile</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-10T01:34:37+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Keep the consistent behavior when this Makefile is invoked from another
directory.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</content>
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Keep the consistent behavior when this Makefile is invoked from another
directory.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: support -fmacro-prefix-map for external modules</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T23:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-10T01:34:36+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
This commit makes -fmacro-prefix-map work for external modules built in
a separate output directory. It improves the reproducibility of external
modules and provides the benefits described in commit a73619a845d5
("kbuild: use -fmacro-prefix-map to make __FILE__ a relative path").

When building_out_of_srctree is not defined (e.g., when the kernel or
external module is built in the source directory), this option is
unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</content>
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
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This commit makes -fmacro-prefix-map work for external modules built in
a separate output directory. It improves the reproducibility of external
modules and provides the benefits described in commit a73619a845d5
("kbuild: use -fmacro-prefix-map to make __FILE__ a relative path").

When building_out_of_srctree is not defined (e.g., when the kernel or
external module is built in the source directory), this option is
unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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