Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/boot: avoid recompiling kaslr.c for incremental rebuilds

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 08:21:44PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Currently, every kernel rebuild needs to compile kaslr.c again because
> UTS_VERSION changes on every rebuild.
> Move the build string into a separate object file to speed things up.

Heh, I think I don't see this because I force my UTS_VERSION to stay
still by default so I can do binary difference comparisons more easily. :P

args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=1970-01-01']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=1']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_USER=user']
args += ['KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=host']


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Kees Cook