Re: [PATCH] kbuild: keep .modinfo when vmlinux is linked with --gc-sections

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

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

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Cheers, Lorenzo