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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/boot: avoid recompiling kaslr.c for incremental rebuilds
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:34:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202402201133.3FC7CE9@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240220192144.2050167-4-jannh@google.com>

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 08:21:44PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Currently, every kernel rebuild needs to compile kaslr.c again because
> UTS_VERSION changes on every rebuild.
> Move the build string into a separate object file to speed things up.

Heh, I think I don't see this because I force my UTS_VERSION to stay
still by default so I can do binary difference comparisons more easily. :P

args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=1970-01-01']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=1']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_USER=user']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=host']


-- 
Kees Cook

  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-20 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-20 19:21 [PATCH 0/3] avoid unnecessary recompilations in x86 boot code Jann Horn
2024-02-20 19:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/boot: fix KASLR hashing to use full input Jann Horn
2024-02-20 19:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/boot: avoid recompiling misc.c for incremental rebuilds Jann Horn
2024-02-20 19:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86/boot: avoid recompiling kaslr.c " Jann Horn
2024-02-20 19:34   ` Kees Cook [this message]
2024-02-23 23:52   ` Kees Cook

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