Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] kbuild: modinst: do modules_install step by step

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 08:23:58PM +0530, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
> Currently Makefile.modinst does three tasks on each module built:
> - Install modules
> - Sign modules
> - Compress modules
> 
> All the above tasks happen from a single place.
> 
> This patch divides this task further and uses a different makefile for
> each task.
> Signing module logic is completely refactored and everything happens
> from a shell script now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.compress |  53 ++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.install  |  66 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.modinst  | 111 +++-----------------------------------
>  scripts/Makefile.sign     |  37 +++++++++++++
>  scripts/signfile.sh       |  24 +++++++++
>  5 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.compress
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.install
>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.sign
>  create mode 100755 scripts/signfile.sh

As you are touching the build process, you should always cc: the proper
mailing list, and the KBUILD maintainer.  Please do so for this series,
as that is the proper tree for this to go through.

thanks,

greg k-h