From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (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 49116357D0F; Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:04:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790759099; cv=none; b=ZkVoPmwuOx/vi6nu/aaHkLOM7Vl6Zea+0r+gAAz1pHFHjao7yCA7imlTzXRhtb2Hkwhgg2cvce0GJT8fT3qEHIVS9mrW94Geqy769PBDPPBK2dw6spKXEiyuKnUTyYD99VwPuXufF/TW1w69jNaB3uaNeMf8wONf8oB1oSr/dlM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790759099; c=relaxed/simple; bh=4b4PoC2MDlGQEqzNFllcavuDzC9ftUjcfDAI5iF/3QY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=hGNcQZz/D+2C1H20df2Lbtb93hquhHNuLEPH0YecHEsM7bX8uUyoj5kOLOuP3Vnn2ONF/Gv1OI6t1Jr0CB7PyAR/VjZSRzL1HxFvR71cWV7jwpSbX+XZ4Vl/baMVDl877CKvq+2SJkRo1VvFCB/pt1L5H9FYSYmohH+FuVJ5MWs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=MMjCikqi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="MMjCikqi" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9BB271F000FF; Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:04:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790759097; bh=4b4PoC2MDlGQEqzNFllcavuDzC9ftUjcfDAI5iF/3QY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=MMjCikqi1RcCdlBKwU0UEEfQq/X8b/+UxYRVG5M/yhbmi/hMa9RbLwzlYeAiZfPib l7/8mw8FqihaBr+qxqJZniE3Ml6vYo9+jatuWC3Ke5ynehbvNxih7pvHBaVWJEWR98 3WfGPZYiefIl1GiTZhYEexmHeChuy8o3eGqiLFDhBGubS64/1PiD6Io/j7cJmYganT y0kFMklv4KC17SyV42WBZrN0bZLGdJgZIwR6Me/TU9RjYJFpAB/g6agnSl6iAui+/f kecY/l5O+22c97eHRAbSFzidfTxBW8b5SyQgQHQnljHKn3fCPYgTXOJC7aNWu0dazU KqEIr9OGdS6VA== Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:04:51 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Sasha Levin , Arnd Bergmann , Nicolas Schier , Alexey Gladkov , Masahiro Yamada , Kees Cook , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: keep .modinfo when vmlinux is linked with --gc-sections Message-ID: References: <20260927161227.1179863-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20260928115628.GA964114@ax162> <20260929201402.GA3237201@ax162> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260929201402.GA3237201@ax162> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 10:14:02PM +0200, Nathan Chancellor wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 01:16:27PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > Ack, will rebase on that and send deltas from here on out on those. > > > > Easiest to keep things straight on my side would be to stop sending those > > patches, I can list them in the cover letter with links to the originals > > for any further review? > > Sure, that sounds totally reasonable to me. Thanks! > > > As for what remains, is there anything else I need to do? > > > > I think timing this week is less than ideal with LPC next week so people > > have less time to go through it but it does feel like things are > > stabilising (despite the large changelog for v4 ;) > > Yeah, I have been spread quite thin between trying to keep the current > ClangBuiltLinux continuous integration setup green, developing a new one > due to changing constraints elsewhere, updating my own personal testing > framework to be quicker for more efficient local testing (especially for > stuff like this), and my Kbuild maintainer duties, in addition to some > personal time off for my wife's birthday before Plumbers. Yeah indeed, totally understood. And I hope you enjoy your time off :) This cycle has been crazy (2x baseline for 2025 and it seems that way across many subsystems), and the LPC timing is unfortunate, so I can fully understand why people have had less time for this series. (I also have a personal interest in clang working for the kernel also as all my builds are clang-by-default now and have been for a while!) > > All that to say, I am not sure how much else I will want to take for 7.4 > at this point, as I would like to have the kbuild tree basically > finalized by 7.3-rc7, which is the weekend right after Plumbers if my > calendar is correct. I would like to study these patches to make sure I > understand everything well and I don't think I will have the time to do > that until after the 7.4 merge window opens. Sure, fully understood! Stripping the stuff you have queued up from the series (+ sending deltas if needed) will make it easier to send the rest post-merge window anyway. > > > Thanks for all your help with this! Is much appreciated. > > Absolutely, thanks for engaging and trying to make Kbuild better :) No worries :) > > -- > Cheers, > Nathan -- Cheers, Lorenzo