Re: [PATCH v5] x86: Avoid relocation information in final vmlinux

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Mar 21 2023 - 07:58:19 EST


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:35:30AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Why do you move this from the arch/x86/boot/compressed/ dir?

I got an explanation here:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/16941b45-0f4f-e7c9-4602-d9acb0c612c3@xxxxxxxx

but my counterargument is:

vmlinux.relocs is used there, in that dir, so it should stay there just
like the rest of the by-products generated there.

Thx.

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