From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02AE615572D for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.17.20 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1719912689; cv=none; b=GyVaiEfsf4Laa9QDMOUche36soh2keNbzrn1e9o9j5a2M2xtsqovhCaEPxMMVZigDkNDglZaB0jeYr9zysAbzPK10hzLOi3LnN1EkbUn4paPOQBQKX8fYqDiSKtStcNqbFe3dawJrv2qD0x5TlVYBo9Afk6RGyr+sn1G8boIcsE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1719912689; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1urb7h4FdGSXSqsQXFG2kiMZ8nreKlLBoVe7Io1ozMQ=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:To:From:Subject:Content-Type; b=kfcon3AXUTscEXKmAi4azqcb8mehnBakwjor/JqAmL13OF7BsS4BSvHhdQc3S15WO66ORVCm1i13HTZFvmAm2PNxq53fvqlmYuS8KnF92I5Sy5ZBVXz/3cQeVJ00xVYyI3EZ/YlBV/4PtKiJShnNMFqiht4VJC/vLEpfXekuKro= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=gmx.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmx.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmx.com header.i=aros@gmx.com header.b=oiNMnWSk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.17.20 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=gmx.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmx.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmx.com header.i=aros@gmx.com header.b="oiNMnWSk" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmx.com; s=s31663417; t=1719912680; x=1720517480; i=aros@gmx.com; bh=1urb7h4FdGSXSqsQXFG2kiMZ8nreKlLBoVe7Io1ozMQ=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:To:From:Subject: Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:cc: content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id: mime-version:reply-to:subject:to; b=oiNMnWSkylICMfCnO9ANFtxCS9DTfowpxWa9YKQX06Wz0hZG+HehpMRoMx4b8Gve +3b5y6ZAbEf66w8lzjj0/LneWuukmvJz+KMBhdTmrXyBHWUe9uPC9pTHZIOUDhRM3 bvOyVhfhPcetbixwroIEjANr9UvmTz1VUZgNJOaJQK+SB3uoWNVlX6UDoPR785OIZ IvPlsB0CCKYqRQ1e+0YoEYx2K1y+fyE3ozQpzRMbIHQw4RbQi+xp4z69lWDck88DE KYX5mzdt+hHiaVv49G8PwJcDpn29cHlB1tLNHG6dDYg/7Fgiccl7FikIx9vFSXkil g5XITKmMqBAninq4Wg== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Received: from [10.21.110.28] ([98.159.234.63]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx104 [212.227.17.174]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MDQeU-1sXy2g0yc2-00CcTU; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:31:20 +0200 Message-ID: <39b02e72-201a-4f3a-9473-31895aaccbb8@gmx.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:31:18 +0000 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Sasha Levin From: "Artem S. Tashkinov" Subject: Kernel modules compression handling Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Rglf0ZdaFM8BeynGTR0t9xdCukryChvUDKF7JFoieqopinX0CVC 14JHL8pHx0vOe2KhmmQJo6oXS3SS7jfH/KZ1mAqETsTbo5PxPHHlFaOo7Cvpnl+sqSdQSF+ RPx/4evBjzf6DmtrDo+eAhublFfYUc2nkz5WxkKiAm1c4z0RRsqp4I0ULApCi/tTAYTMZq1 +Zfi+astFNZegWy91EubA== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:1sCEyp4Nftk=;imcPJMPu1DF4vd3Ehovy2DU9SgD wnSegKSQDQjSHj7nYglqJ2D6URSF0+QD2Q04SLBeb5L00rR0s+e3CjImnxvslwa5twhFQ4qdE PmwVm0SCdPJVkJyNfbKasG1kCl9LWRsd2RSjCS4Tcc9p66+g0oyOb35QYBYezicx6/9aBueVr G1ptR7rrNo7mMhZceo9louUPbB5ukbczVI7on3Gve275nerTQjI/iwTwmF/5umyPYHjhi2Ipe xgqj5H/+yR6QQKTlfbBrrI6t/qmPFPvB6LxAdW2MXylelkabr/2w8QYrhWG7j4QGYPe3jGSJs cdgjmdJ9wsNnvNP2WlXq7b69jxbEvA5GxdsK/vLYan5Fuwe6LPeETily3hLS8L+qWT2F0rveQ M8d9KmB7GqAa2qiLpbGYKtO4VaZZ2snyO7VrW+DGLdliRO2s8oKC8gVogNaP//mI2FB8h0BOs jvkfsVL/7ikeVpEsC0IuogPhlJugHaP0L0YZKbYa2lQX0d0LUOoOxkJpbAnjRDMHfvBfVsSMX 3/l8LzE+QQl6EG/No//b76HLyrmKSpSOs3qzZ8LIxaqox6xeVttUKkRrsPhJp3YVaaLi8zLaU 0fkrbCf7IDp7mmU3LD5I+K2lbnZG4IiIvAflKlx58Pmdl17L1aAjjwTxv+FyG7mZA1zSEafTT XRO7YLQk10TO7gIRI9SZbNDZG6GJYt5o27n9KWXXx/NorFdBjDqiVw0IfuRlm74l4GO4E4Fa1 btJOQ2WZo+LGtpyt4nDlycPCvPM6kxzgN6vdzgGBf76GTjHDNt4NhhT6nFW5CAnqHXWSHrPhB ndn57DNloAT//YTVRBmUSx8e7W+rXtNWTZJUCelnylE80= Hello, Please correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like the way modules installation is currently handled in the Linux kernel, first .ko files are copied to the destination directory and then the chosen compressor is executed on top of them. I wonder if this could be changed such a way, so that the installation script (Makefile?) applied compression on the fly without again copying .ko files. All the three compressors supported by the Linux kernel support piping, so it shouldn't be an issue. I'd love to write a patch myself but I'm probably too stupid for that. Best regards, Artem