Re: [PATCH] kbuild: pacman-pkg: package unstripped vDSO libraries

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 09:37:20PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The unstripped vDSO files are useful for debugging.
> They are provided in the upstream 'linux-headers' package.
> 
> Also package them as part of 'make pacman-pkg'.
> Make them part of the '-debug' package, as they fit there best.
> This differs from the upstream package as that has no '-debug' variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

Seems reasonable to me.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

> ---
> In my opinion the same would be useful for debian and rpm packages.
> Maybe we should have install-extmod-debug, similar to
> install-extmod-build, to centralize these.
> ---
>  scripts/package/PKGBUILD | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> index 452374d63c24..b1d0c8a9f030 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> +++ b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> @@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ _package-debug(){
>  	install -Dt "${debugdir}" -m644 vmlinux
>  	mkdir -p "${builddir}"
>  	ln -sr "${debugdir}/vmlinux" "${builddir}/vmlinux"
> +
> +	echo "Installing unstripped vDSO(s)..."
> +	${MAKE} INSTALL_MOD_PATH="${pkgdir}/usr" vdso_install
>  }
>  
>  for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> change-id: 20260318-kbuild-pacman-vdso-install-1a81a947b27a
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
>