On 24/08/17 05:54PM, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 09:11:47AM -0600, Jose Fernandez wrote:
> > Add a new debug package to the PKGBUILD for the pacman-pkg target. The
> > debug package includes the non-stripped vmlinux file, providing access
> > to debug symbols needed for kernel debugging and profiling. The vmlinux
> > file will be installed to /usr/src/debug/${pkgbase}. The debug package
> > will be built by default and can be excluded by overriding PACMAN_EXTRAPACKAGES.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jose Fernandez <jose.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Peter Jung <ptr1337@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v1->v2:
> > - Use the new PACMAN_EXTRAPACKAGES [1] variable to allow users to disable the
> > debug package if desired, instead of always including it.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240813185900.GA140556@thelio-3990X/T/
> >
> > scripts/package/PKGBUILD | 11 ++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> > index fbd7eb10a52c..d40d282353de 100644
> > --- a/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> > +++ b/scripts/package/PKGBUILD
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
> > pkgbase=${PACMAN_PKGBASE:-linux-upstream}
> > pkgname=("${pkgbase}")
> >
> > -_extrapackages=${PACMAN_EXTRAPACKAGES-headers api-headers}
> > +_extrapackages=${PACMAN_EXTRAPACKAGES-headers api-headers debug}
> > for pkg in $_extrapackages; do
> > pkgname+=("${pkgbase}-${pkg}")
> > done
> > @@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ _package-api-headers() {
> > ${MAKE} headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH="${pkgdir}/usr"
> > }
> >
> > +_package-debug(){
> > + pkgdesc="Non-stripped vmlinux file for the ${pkgdesc} kernel"
> > + depends=(${pkgbase}-headers)
> > +
> > + cd "${objtree}"
> > + mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/src/debug/${pkgbase}"
> > + install -Dt "$pkgdir/usr/src/debug/${pkgbase}" -m644 vmlinux
> > +}
> > +
>
> If you like to also include debug stuff for kernel modules, you might
> want to have a look at scripts/package/builddeb's install_linux_image_dbg.
Hi Nicolas, thank you for the suggestion. I'll iterate on the debug stuff for
kernel modules in a follow-up patch to keep this one focused on vmlinux.
