The patch titled
Subject: kernel: build bin2c based on config option CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c.patch
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From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel: build bin2c based on config option CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C
currently bin2c builds only if CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y. But bin2c will now be
used by kexec too. So make it compilation dependent on CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C
and this config option can be selected by CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_IKCONFIG.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: WANG Chao <chaowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
init/Kconfig | 5 +++++
scripts/basic/Makefile | 2 +-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN arch/x86/Kconfig~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c arch/x86/Kconfig
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c
+++ a/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1576,6 +1576,7 @@ source kernel/Kconfig.hz
config KEXEC
bool "kexec system call"
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
---help---
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
diff -puN init/Kconfig~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c init/Kconfig
--- a/init/Kconfig~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -783,8 +783,13 @@ endchoice
endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
+config BUILD_BIN2C
+ bool
+ default n
+
config IKCONFIG
tristate "Kernel .config support"
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
---help---
This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
diff -puN scripts/basic/Makefile~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c scripts/basic/Makefile
--- a/scripts/basic/Makefile~kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c
+++ a/scripts/basic/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
# fixdep: Used to generate dependency information during build process
hostprogs-y := fixdep
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG) += bin2c
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C) += bin2c
always := $(hostprogs-y)
# fixdep is needed to compile other host programs
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
bin2c-move-bin2c-in-scripts-basic.patch
kernel-build-bin2c-based-on-config-option-config_build_bin2c.patch
kexec-rename-unusebale_pages-to-unusable_pages.patch
kexec-move-segment-verification-code-in-a-separate-function.patch
kexec-use-common-function-for-kimage_normal_alloc-and-kimage_crash_alloc.patch
resource-provide-new-functions-to-walk-through-resources.patch
kexec-make-kexec_segment-user-buffer-pointer-a-union.patch
kexec-new-syscall-kexec_file_load-declaration.patch
kexec-implementation-of-new-syscall-kexec_file_load.patch
purgatory-sha256-provide-implementation-of-sha256-in-purgaotory-context.patch
purgatory-core-purgatory-functionality.patch
kexec-load-and-relocate-purgatory-at-kernel-load-time.patch
kexec-bzimage64-support-for-loading-bzimage-using-64bit-entry.patch
kexec-support-for-kexec-on-panic-using-new-system-call.patch
kexec-support-kexec-kdump-on-efi-systems.patch
linux-next.patch
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