Re: [PATCH 36/48] klp-build: Use "objtool klp checksum" subcommand

Song Liu
2026-04-24T22:24:49Z

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Use the new "objtool klp checksum" subcommand instead of injecting
> --checksum into every objtool invocation via OBJTOOL_ARGS during the
> kernel build.
>
> This decouples checksum generation from the build, running it in
> separate post-build passes, making the code (and the patch generation
> pipeline itself) more modular.

Having a separate step for checksum removes confusion with
--short-circuit.

>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>