Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/kexec: update searching for the Kconfig

From: Petr Vorel
Date: Thu Dec 23 2021 - 03:36:05 EST


> First check /lib/modules/`uname -r`/config, before using the IKCONFIG.
> In addition, the configs.ko might be compressed. Fix the configs.ko
> name.

> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Distros: is storing the Kconfig in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/config common?

> tools/testing/selftests/kexec/kexec_common_lib.sh | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kexec/kexec_common_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kexec/kexec_common_lib.sh
> index 43017cfe88f7..5a1b8ae04c64 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kexec/kexec_common_lib.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kexec/kexec_common_lib.sh
> @@ -138,15 +138,20 @@ kconfig_enabled()
> return 0
> }

> -# Attempt to get the kernel config first via proc, and then by
> -# extracting it from the kernel image or the configs.ko using
> -# scripts/extract-ikconfig.
> +# Attempt to get the kernel config first by checking the modules directory
> +# then via proc, and finally by extracting it from the kernel image or the
> +# configs.ko using scripts/extract-ikconfig.
> # Return 1 for found.
> get_kconfig()
> {
> local proc_config="/proc/config.gz"
> local module_dir="/lib/modules/`uname -r`"
> - local configs_module="$module_dir/kernel/kernel/configs.ko"
> + local configs_module="$module_dir/kernel/kernel/configs.ko*"
I wonder if * will later work:

if [ ! -f $configs_module ]; then

But there should be just one variant: either configs.ko or configs.ko.xz
(or something other), so it should work, right?

Thus
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>

Kind regards,
Petr

> +
> + if [ -f $module_dir/config ]; then
> + IKCONFIG=$module_dir/config
> + return 1
> + fi

> if [ ! -f $proc_config ]; then
> modprobe configs > /dev/null 2>&1