linux.git/scripts/package/kernel.spec, branch v6.18.21

kbuild: rpm-pkg: Disable automatic requires for manual debuginfo package

2026-03-04T12:21:32+00:00

[ Upstream commit f94711255a73d8938cf3bb405a0af3a4d2700ed1 ]

Stefano reports that after commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg:
Generate debuginfo package manually"), building with an rpm package
using rpm 4.20.0 fails with:

  RPM build errors:
      Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': #�) = 0x0d000002
      Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': �) = 0x0d000000
      Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': ) = 0x7c0e000000
      Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x3130363230322000
      Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x4728203a43434800
      Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x3130363230322000
      Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x4728203a43434800

This error comes from the automatic requirements feature of rpm. The
-debuginfo subpackage has no dependencies, so disable this feature with
'AutoReq: 0' for this subpackage, avoiding the error. This matches the
official %_debug_template macro that rpm provides. While automatic
provides should be default enabled, be explicit like %_debug_template
does.

Additionally, while in the area, add the manual debug information
package to the Development/Debug group, further aligning with
%_debug_template.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually")
Reported-by: Stefano Garzarella 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CAGxU2F7FFNgb781_A7a1oL63n9Oy8wsyWceKhUpeZ6mLk=focw@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Stefano Garzarella 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260216-improve-manual-debuginfo-template-v1-1-e584b3f8d3be@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kbuild: rpm-pkg: Fix manual debuginfo generation when using .src.rpm

2026-03-04T12:21:30+00:00

[ Upstream commit afdfb71c018e9a0aa2e51fb8186d3fb1acdd3f0e ]

Commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package
manually") added uses of OBJCOPY and READELF, variables from Kbuild.
These variables are defined and work properly when using the binrpm-pkg
target because rpmbuild is run within Kbuild. However, these variables
are not defined when building from a source RPM package generated with
the srcrpm-pkg target, breaking the build when generating the debug info
subpackage.

Define a default value for these variables so that these commands
respect the value from Kbuild but continue to work when built from a
source RPM package.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually")
Reported-by: Lukas Herbolt 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20260212135855.147906-2-lukas@herbolt.com/
Tested-by: Lukas Herbolt 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260213-fix-debuginfo-srcrpm-pkg-v1-1-45cd0c0501b9@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kernel: rpm-pkg: Restore find-debuginfo.sh approach to -debuginfo package

2026-03-04T12:21:30+00:00

[ Upstream commit ffe9ac1ad56df8f915896b97bd7645f522c47ce9 ]

Commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package
manually") effectively reverted commit a7c699d090a1 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg:
build a debuginfo RPM") but the approach it took is not safe for older
RPM releases. Restore commit a7c699d090a1 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a
debuginfo RPM") for the !CONFIG_MODULE_SIG case to allow more
environments and configurations to take advantage of the separate debug
information package process.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually")
Tested-by: Stefano Garzarella 
Tested-by: Steve French 
Tested-by: Juergen Gross 
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210-kbuild-fix-debuginfo-rpm-v1-2-0730b92b14bc@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kbuild: rpm-pkg: Restrict manual debug package creation

2026-03-04T12:21:30+00:00

[ Upstream commit 6d6b8b0e28c468263d7fcb071e5cb284ae343df2 ]

Commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package
manually") moved away from the built-in RPM machinery for generating
-debuginfo packages to a more manual way to be compatible with module
signing, as the built-in machinery strips the modules after the
installation process, breaking the signatures.

Unfortunately, prior to rpm 4.20.0, there is a bug where a custom %files
directive is ignored for a -debuginfo subpackage [1], meaning builds
using older versions of RPM (such as on RHEL9 or RHEL10) fail with:

  Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files .../rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-6.19.0_dirty-1.x86_64
  error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
     /debuginfo.list
     /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/09/748c214974bfba1522d434a7e0a02e2fd7f29b.debug
     /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/0b/b96dd9c7d3689d82e56d2e73b46f53103cc6c7.debug
     /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/0e/979a2f34967c7437fd30aabb41de1f0c8b6a66.debug
    ...

To workaround this, restrict the manual debug info package creation
process to when it is necessary (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y) and possible (when
using RPM >= 4.20.0). A follow up change will restore the RPM debuginfo
creation process using a separate internal flag to allow the package to
be built in more situations, as RPM 4.20.0 is a fairly recent version
and the built-in -debuginfo generation works fine when module signing is
disabled.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually")
Link: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/49f906998f3cf1f4152162ca61ac0869251c380f [1]
Reported-by: Steve French 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CAH2r5mugbrHTwnaQwQiYEUVwbtqmvFYf0WZiLrrJWpgT8iwftw@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Stefano Garzarella 
Tested-by: Steve French 
Tested-by: Juergen Gross 
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210-kbuild-fix-debuginfo-rpm-v1-1-0730b92b14bc@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually

2026-02-06T15:57:35+00:00

[ Upstream commit 62089b804895e845f82e132ea9d46a1fc53ed5a7 ]

Commit a7c699d090a1 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM") adjusted
the __spec_install_post macro to include __os_install_post, which runs
brp-strip. This ends up stripping module signatures, breaking loading
modules with lockdown enabled.

Undo most of the changes of the aforementioned debuginfo patch and
mirror commit 16c36f8864e3 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: use build ID instead of
debug link for dbg package") in kernel.spec to generate a functionally
equivalent debuginfo package while avoiding touching the modules after
they have already been signed during modules_install.

Fixes: a7c699d090a1 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM")
Reported-by: Holger Kiehl 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/68c375f6-e07e-fec-434d-6a45a4f1390@praktifix.dwd.de/
Tested-by: Holger Kiehl 
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121-fix-module-signing-binrpm-pkg-v1-1-8fc5832b6cbc@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kbuild: rpm-pkg: Add (elfutils-devel or libdw-devel) to BuildRequires

2025-05-12T06:03:17+00:00

The dwarf.h header, which is included by
scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h, resides within elfutils-devel
or libdw-devel package.

This portion of the code is compiled under the condition that
CONFIG_GENDWARFKSYMS is enabled.

Consequently, add (elfutils-devel or libdw-devel) to BuildRequires to
prevent unforeseen compilation failures.

Fix follow possible error:
  In file included from scripts/gendwarfksyms/cache.c:6:
  scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h:6:10: fatal error: 'dwarf.h' file not found
      6 | #include 
        |          ^~~~~~~~~

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/3e52d80d-0c60-4df5-8cb5-21d4b1fce7b7@suse.com/
Fixes: f28568841ae0 ("tools: Add gendwarfksyms")
Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu 
Signed-off-by: WangYuli 
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier 
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM

2025-04-05T21:22:01+00:00

The rpm-pkg make target currently suffers from a few issues related to
debuginfo:
1. debuginfo for things built into the kernel (vmlinux) is not available
   in any RPM produced by make rpm-pkg. This makes using tools like
   systemtap against a make rpm-pkg kernel impossible.
2. debug source for the kernel is not available. This means that
   commands like 'disas /s' in gdb, which display source intermixed with
   assembly, can only print file names/line numbers which then must be
   painstakingly resolved to actual source in a separate editor.
3. debuginfo for modules is available, but it remains bundled with the
   .ko files that contain module code, in the main kernel RPM. This is a
   waste of space for users who do not need to debug the kernel (i.e.
   most users).

Address all of these issues by additionally building a debuginfo RPM
when the kernel configuration allows for it, in line with standard
patterns followed by RPM distributors. With these changes:
1. systemtap now works (when these changes are backported to 6.11, since
   systemtap lags a bit behind in compatibility), as verified by the
   following simple test script:

   # stap -e 'probe kernel.function("do_sys_open").call { printf("%s\n", $$parms); }'
   dfd=0xffffffffffffff9c filename=0x7fe18800b160 flags=0x88800 mode=0x0
   ...

2. disas /s works correctly in gdb, with source and disassembly
   interspersed:

   # gdb vmlinux --batch -ex 'disas /s blk_op_str'
   Dump of assembler code for function blk_op_str:
   block/blk-core.c:
   125     {
      0xffffffff814c8740 <+0>:     endbr64

   127
   128             if (op < ARRAY_SIZE(blk_op_name) && blk_op_name[op])
      0xffffffff814c8744 <+4>:     mov    $0xffffffff824a7378,%rax
      0xffffffff814c874b <+11>:    cmp    $0x23,%edi
      0xffffffff814c874e <+14>:    ja     0xffffffff814c8768 
      0xffffffff814c8750 <+16>:    mov    %edi,%edi

   126             const char *op_str = "UNKNOWN";
      0xffffffff814c8752 <+18>:    mov    $0xffffffff824a7378,%rdx

   127
   128             if (op < ARRAY_SIZE(blk_op_name) && blk_op_name[op])
      0xffffffff814c8759 <+25>:    mov    -0x7dfa0160(,%rdi,8),%rax

   126             const char *op_str = "UNKNOWN";
      0xffffffff814c8761 <+33>:    test   %rax,%rax
      0xffffffff814c8764 <+36>:    cmove  %rdx,%rax

   129                     op_str = blk_op_name[op];
   130
   131             return op_str;
   132     }
      0xffffffff814c8768 <+40>:    jmp    0xffffffff81d01360 <__x86_return_thunk>
   End of assembler dump.

3. The size of the main kernel package goes down substantially,
   especially if many modules are built (quite typical). Here is a
   comparison of installed size of the kernel package (configured with
   allmodconfig, dwarf4 debuginfo, and module compression turned off)
   before and after this patch:

   # rpm -qi kernel-6.13* | grep -E '^(Version|Size)'
   Version     : 6.13.0postpatch+
   Size        : 1382874089
   Version     : 6.13.0prepatch+
   Size        : 17870795887

   This is a ~92% size reduction.

Note that a debuginfo package can only be produced if the following
configs are set:
- CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
- CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=n
- CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT=n

The first of these is obvious - we can't produce debuginfo if the build
does not generate it. The second two requirements can in principle be
removed, but doing so is difficult with the current approach, which uses
a generic rpmbuild script find-debuginfo.sh that processes all packaged
executables. If we want to remove those requirements the best path
forward is likely to add some debuginfo extraction/installation logic to
the modules_install target (controllable by flags). That way, it's
easier to operate on modules before they're compressed, and the logic
can be reused by all packaging targets.

Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar 
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kbuild: rpm-pkg: ghost modules.weakdep file

2024-07-28T08:07:03+00:00

In the same way as for other similar files, mark as ghost the new file
generated by depmod for configured weak dependencies for modules,
modules.weakdep, so that although it is not included in the package,
claim the ownership on it.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez 
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

2024-07-23T21:32:21+00:00

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Remove tristate choice support from Kconfig

 - Stop using the PROVIDE() directive in the linker script

 - Reduce the number of links for the combination of CONFIG_KALLSYMS and
   CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF

 - Enable the warning for symbol reference to .exit.* sections by
   default

 - Fix warnings in RPM package builds

 - Improve scripts/make_fit.py to generate a FIT image with separate
   base DTB and overlays

 - Improve choice value calculation in Kconfig

 - Fix conditional prompt behavior in choice in Kconfig

 - Remove support for the uncommon EMAIL environment variable in Debian
   package builds

 - Remove support for the uncommon "name " form for the DEBEMAIL
   environment variable

 - Raise the minimum supported GNU Make version to 4.0

 - Remove stale code for the absolute kallsyms

 - Move header files commonly used for host programs to scripts/include/

 - Introduce the pacman-pkg target to generate a pacman package used in
   Arch Linux

 - Clean up Kconfig

* tag 'kbuild-v6.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (65 commits)
  kbuild: doc: gcc to CC change
  kallsyms: change sym_entry::percpu_absolute to bool type
  kallsyms: unify seq and start_pos fields of struct sym_entry
  kallsyms: add more original symbol type/name in comment lines
  kallsyms: use \t instead of a tab in printf()
  kallsyms: avoid repeated calculation of array size for markers
  kbuild: add script and target to generate pacman package
  modpost: use generic macros for hash table implementation
  kbuild: move some helper headers from scripts/kconfig/ to scripts/include/
  Makefile: add comment to discourage tools/* addition for kernel builds
  kbuild: clean up scripts/remove-stale-files
  kconfig: recursive checks drop file/lineno
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: introduce a simple changelog section for kernel.spec
  kallsyms: get rid of code for absolute kallsyms
  kbuild: Create INSTALL_PATH directory if it does not exist
  kbuild: Abort make on install failures
  kconfig: remove 'e1' and 'e2' macros from expression deduplication
  kconfig: remove SYMBOL_CHOICEVAL flag
  kconfig: add const qualifiers to several function arguments
  kconfig: call expr_eliminate_yn() at least once in expr_eliminate_dups()
  ...

kbuild: rpm-pkg: make sure to have versioned 'Obsoletes' for kernel.spec

2024-07-15T16:08:37+00:00

Fix the following rpmbuild warning:

  $ make srcrpm-pkg
  ...
  RPM build warnings:
      line 34: It's not recommended to have unversioned Obsoletes: Obsoletes: kernel-headers

Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini 
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada