"objtool" is required for building external m dules if "Compile-time stack metadata validation" is enabled. Otherwise all builds based on the headers package fail with: make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.6.0-rc6' make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'tools/objtool/objtool', needed by 'foo.o'. Stop. Makefile:1598: recipe for target 'foo.ko' failed make[1]: *** [foo.ko] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.6.0-rc6' Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/package/builddeb | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb index 6c3b038ef40d..93d3b157298d 100755 --- a/scripts/package/builddeb +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb @@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ fi # Build kernel header package (cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" +if grep -q '^CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then + (cd $srctree; find tools/objtool -type f -executable) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" +fi (cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" (cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" (cd $srctree; find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html