Re: [PATCH v4] x86: Disable image size check for test builds

[Dave Hansen]

On 4/17/25 05:36, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Solve the build problem by disabling the image size check for test
> builds.

What _actually_ breaks when this assertion is in play? I assume upon
decompression that the kernel image overflows into the fixmap area and
then the fun begins.

Does anything useful come out of the kernel or is it just a fabulous crash?

Because COMPILE_TEST sounds pretty benign:

>           If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
>           here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
>           drivers to be distributed.

at the *LEAST* if we are going to go down this road, can we make the
help text more scary and tell users that they might end up with an
unbootable kernel?