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2019-04-29Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easierJoel Fernandes (Google)1-0/+1
Introduce in-kernel headers which are made available as an archive through proc (/proc/kheaders.tar.xz file). This archive makes it possible to run eBPF and other tracing programs that need to extend the kernel for tracing purposes without any dependency on the file system having headers. A github PR is sent for the corresponding BCC patch at: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/pull/2312 On Android and embedded systems, it is common to switch kernels but not have kernel headers available on the file system. Further once a different kernel is booted, any headers stored on the file system will no longer be useful. This is an issue even well known to distros. By storing the headers as a compressed archive within the kernel, we can avoid these issues that have been a hindrance for a long time. The best way to use this feature is by building it in. Several users have a need for this, when they switch debug kernels, they do not want to update the filesystem or worry about it where to store the headers on it. However, the feature is also buildable as a module in case the user desires it not being part of the kernel image. This makes it possible to load and unload the headers from memory on demand. A tracing program can load the module, do its operations, and then unload the module to save kernel memory. The total memory needed is 3.3MB. By having the archive available at a fixed location independent of filesystem dependencies and conventions, all debugging tools can directly refer to the fixed location for the archive, without concerning with where the headers on a typical filesystem which significantly simplifies tooling that needs kernel headers. The code to read the headers is based on /proc/config.gz code and uses the same technique to embed the headers. Other approaches were discussed such as having an in-memory mountable filesystem, but that has drawbacks such as requiring an in-kernel xz decompressor which we don't have today, and requiring usage of 42 MB of kernel memory to host the decompressed headers at anytime. Also this approach is simpler than such approaches. Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-03-08kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gzMasahiro Yamada1-2/+0
This slightly optimizes the kernel/configs.c build. bin2c is not very efficient because it converts a data file into a huge array to embed it into a *.c file. Instead, we can use the .incbin directive. Also, this simplifies the code; Makefile is cleaner, and the way to get the offset/size of the config_data.gz is more straightforward. I used the "asm" statement in *.c instead of splitting it into *.S because MODULE_* tags are not supported in *.S files. I also cleaned up kernel/.gitignore; "config_data.gz" is unneeded because the top-level .gitignore takes care of the "*.gz" pattern. [yamada.masahiro@socionext.com: v2] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1550108893-21226-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1549941160-8084-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-10-21certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_listPaul Gortmaker1-1/+0
Currently we see this in "git status" if we build in the source dir: Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) certs/x509_certificate_list It looks like it used to live in kernel/ so we squash that .gitignore entry at the same time. I didn't bother to dig through git history to see when it moved, since it is just a minor annoyance at most. Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: keyrings@linux-nfs.org Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2013-12-10Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_listRusty Russell1-0/+1
$ git status # On branch pending-rebases # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # kernel/x509_certificate_list nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) $ Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2013-04-22kernel/hz.bc: ignore.Rusty Russell1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-10Update kernel/.gitignore with new auto-generated filesS.Çağlar Onur1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-01-03gitignore: ignore more generated files1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>