On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 03:02:51PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 05:42:32AM -0800, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > HI Geert, > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 3:53 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It is just so much easier to use tar + xz at build time, and leave the > > > > decompression task to the user. After decompression, the files will live on > > > > the disk and the page-cache mechanism will free memory when/if the files fall > > > > off the LRUs. > > > > > > I'm also considering how generic and extensible the solution is. > > > What if people need other build artifacts in the future (e.g. signing key to > > > load signed modules)? > > > > That sounds like it could be useful. I don't see any reason off the > > top why that would not be possible to add to the list of archived > > files in the future. The patch allows populating the list of files > > from Kbuild using ikh_file_list variable. > > Um, no, you don't want the signing key in the kernel itself, as that > totally defeats the purpose of the signing key :) *Bangs self to desk*. You are right, didn't think that one through ;) By the way, my v5 is ready to send. But I am avoiding sending it due to the merge window going on. I posted it yesterday in this thread as well: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/comment/1241077/ This is likely to be the final version or so, unless Masahiro or you or other reviewers have any more comments. thanks, - Joel
