Re: [PATCH 0/4] kbuild: make all file references relative to source root

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 04:59:08PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > -fmacro-prefix-map only affects __FILE__ and __BASE_FILE__.
> > Other references, for example in debug information, is not affected.
> > This makes handling of file references in the compiler output harder to
> > use and creates problems for reproducible builds.
> >
> > Switch to -ffile-prefix map which affects all references.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Thomas Weißschuh (4):
> >       kbuild: make all file references relative to source root
> >       kbuild: doc: reproducible-builds: drop section "Absolute filenames"
> >       x86/boot: Switch to -ffile-prefix-map
> >       x86/boot/compressed: Switch to -ffile-prefix-map
>
> Btw, I don't see why those are 4 patches - it is a single logical change that
> converts to this new compiler switch.
>
> So why are they 4?

Good point.

>
> Masahiro, might as well merge them into one...

I'd like Thomas to submit a single patch.




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Masahiro Yamada