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* [PATCH v2] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds
@ 2025-09-24 19:47 Nicolas Schier
  2025-09-24 23:15 ` Randy Dunlap
  2025-09-25 11:42 ` Nathan Chancellor
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Schier @ 2025-09-24 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nathan Chancellor, Jonathan Corbet
  Cc: Ard Biesheuvel, Ben Hutchings, Jonathan Corbet, Masahiro Yamada,
	Nathan Chancellor, Randy Dunlap, linux-doc, linux-kbuild,
	linux-kernel, Nicolas Schier

From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG embeds absolute file paths into object files, which
makes the resulting vmlinux specific to the build environment.

Add a note about this in reproducible-builds.rst

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v2:
  * Fixed a grammar typo (Randy)
  * v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20250625125809.2504963-1-masahiroy@kernel.org
---
 Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
index f2dcc39044e66ddd165646e0b51ccb0209aca7dd..96d208e578cd53d3f0c4a24ec983a9179260345d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ supported.
 The Reproducible Builds web site has more information about these
 `prefix-map options`_.
 
+Some CONFIG options such as `CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI` embed absolute paths in
+object files. Such options should be disabled.
+
 Generated files in source packages
 ----------------------------------
 

---
base-commit: cec1e6e5d1ab33403b809f79cd20d6aff124ccfe
change-id: 20250924-kbuild-doc-config-debug-efi-in-reproducible-builds-eb7489a8d185

Best regards,
-- 
Nicolas


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* Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds
  2025-09-24 19:47 [PATCH v2] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds Nicolas Schier
@ 2025-09-24 23:15 ` Randy Dunlap
  2025-09-25 11:42 ` Nathan Chancellor
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2025-09-24 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nicolas Schier, Nathan Chancellor, Jonathan Corbet
  Cc: Ard Biesheuvel, Ben Hutchings, Masahiro Yamada, linux-doc,
	linux-kbuild, linux-kernel



On 9/24/25 12:47 PM, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> 
> CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG embeds absolute file paths into object files, which
> makes the resulting vmlinux specific to the build environment.
> 
> Add a note about this in reproducible-builds.rst
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

Thanks.

> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   * Fixed a grammar typo (Randy)
>   * v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20250625125809.2504963-1-masahiroy@kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
> index f2dcc39044e66ddd165646e0b51ccb0209aca7dd..96d208e578cd53d3f0c4a24ec983a9179260345d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
> @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ supported.
>  The Reproducible Builds web site has more information about these
>  `prefix-map options`_.
>  
> +Some CONFIG options such as `CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI` embed absolute paths in
> +object files. Such options should be disabled.
> +
>  Generated files in source packages
>  ----------------------------------
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: cec1e6e5d1ab33403b809f79cd20d6aff124ccfe
> change-id: 20250924-kbuild-doc-config-debug-efi-in-reproducible-builds-eb7489a8d185
> 
> Best regards,

-- 
~Randy


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* Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds
  2025-09-24 19:47 [PATCH v2] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds Nicolas Schier
  2025-09-24 23:15 ` Randy Dunlap
@ 2025-09-25 11:42 ` Nathan Chancellor
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Chancellor @ 2025-09-25 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nathan Chancellor, Jonathan Corbet, Nicolas Schier
  Cc: Ard Biesheuvel, Ben Hutchings, Jonathan Corbet, Masahiro Yamada,
	Nathan Chancellor, Randy Dunlap, linux-doc, linux-kbuild,
	linux-kernel


On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:47:58 +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG embeds absolute file paths into object files, which
> makes the resulting vmlinux specific to the build environment.
> 
> Add a note about this in reproducible-builds.rst
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] Documentation: kbuild: note CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI in reproducible builds
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/37fac070eb1e5

Best regards,
-- 
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>


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