Re: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

[Alexey Gladkov]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2025 at 01:10:26PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, we assume all the data for modules.builtin.modinfo are
> available in vmlinux.o.
> 
> This makes it impossible for modpost, which is invoked after vmlinux.o,
> to add additional module info.
> 
> This commit moves the modules.builtin.modinfo rule after modpost.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 26 +-------------------------
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> index e2ceeb9e168d..45597068f11f 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  
>  PHONY := __default
> -__default: vmlinux
> +__default:

I found the problem. The problem I was talking about earlier [1] is caused
by this hunk. If I revert it, everything will work.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/aEWhwur_W6UwDsx_@xxxxxxxxxxx/

>  include include/config/auto.conf
>  include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -96,6 +96,32 @@ targets += vmlinux
>  vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
>  
> +# modules.builtin.modinfo
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
> +
> +targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
> +modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
> +	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
> +
> +# modules.builtin
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +__default: modules.builtin
> +
> +# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
> +
> +quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
> +      cmd_modules_builtin = \
> +	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
> +	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
> +	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
> +
> +targets += modules.builtin
> +modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
> +	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
> +
>  # modules.builtin.ranges
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> index b024ffb3e201..23c8751285d7 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  
>  PHONY := __default
> -__default: vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo modules.builtin
> +__default: vmlinux.o
>  
>  include include/config/auto.conf
>  include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -73,30 +73,6 @@ vmlinux.o: $(initcalls-lds) vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) FORCE
>  
>  targets += vmlinux.o
>  
> -# modules.builtin.modinfo
> -# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> -OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
> -
> -targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
> -modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.o FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
> -
> -# modules.builtin
> -# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> -# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
> -
> -quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
> -      cmd_modules_builtin = \
> -	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
> -	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
> -	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
> -
> -targets += modules.builtin
> -modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
> -
>  # Add FORCE to the prerequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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