Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Oct 2019 17:18:46 +0200 | From | "" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] kheaders: making headers archive reproducible |
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:40:07AM +0000, Dmitry Goldin wrote: > From: Dmitry Goldin <dgoldin+lkml@protonmail.ch> > > In commit 43d8ce9d65a5 ("Provide in-kernel headers to make > extending kernel easier") a new mechanism was introduced, for kernels > >=5.2, which embeds the kernel headers in the kernel image or a module > and exposes them in procfs for use by userland tools. > > The archive containing the header files has nondeterminism caused by > header files metadata. This patch normalizes the metadata and utilizes > KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP if provided and otherwise falls back to the > default behaviour. > > In commit f7b101d33046 ("kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs") it was > modified to use sysfs and the script for generation of the archive was > renamed to what is being patched. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Goldin <dgoldin+lkml@protonmail.ch>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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