From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> To: Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com>, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>, Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: make extract-vmlinux support armel/armhf Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:19:57 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20170831161957.GU20805@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CAEQ9gEmBv-fb2MbedSzs+dWtrq-ChXwiMrisyofZ7zfu+jADYA@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 01:05:16AM +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote: > Dear Russell, > > Thanks for your review! > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:36:31AM +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote: > >> vmlinux/zImage on armel/armhf seems not an ELF, so update the script > >> scripts/extract-vmlinux to support such case. > >> > >> This fix is tested on Debian amd64, armel, and armhf platform, with > >> Debian kernels. > >> > >> Fixes: 09d481270d44 ("scripts: add extract-vmlinux") > >> Cc: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> > >> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> > >> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > >> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> > >> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > >> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org > >> Signed-off-by: Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> > >> --- > >> > >> Dear Michal, Masahiro-san, and Russell, > >> > >> I posted this patch before [0] but didn't get positive response. > >> Recently when I trace a Debian kernel issue, I still find this patch > >> useful to locate the root cause [1]. > >> > >> Besides, it's a well known bug confuses other developers [2][3]. > >> So I decide to submit the patch again. > >> > >> [0]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8120831/ > >> [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/870185#50 > >> [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bug/1050453 > >> [3]: https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461 > >> > >> Please kindly help to review. Thank you! > > > > I don't think this makes sense. This script claims to extract a "vmlinux" > > from a compressed kernel image. "vmlinux" is normally the term of the > > ELF object, and indeed as the script currently stands, it always guarantees > > to output an ELF file. > > If you think creating a new "scripts/extract-zImage" file is more > proper way, we can do it. > > > However, ARM zImage does not store a compressed ELF object, it stores a > > compressed binary image of the executable in memory, so what you get out > > of this script is not an ELF file, but the binary image (iow, what > > arch/arm/boot/Image is.) > > > > What's the use case - what are you using the output of this script with? > > I already provided a use case, to trace a Debian kernel issue caused > by kernel size. > - https://bugs.debian.org/870185#50 Sorry, I haven't time to look - it needs me to use firefox on a different machine. Maybe you could help by providing some details by email, otherwise I've got extra work to do at some point in the future (probably days away) if I remember (your mail will get buried). Much of my time is in front of a _textual_ _only_ interface, and elinks does not work with several modern SSL-only sites. > I also see other people complaining this issue: > - https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bug/1050453 > - https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461 > > By a random web search, I find another blog post on how to dissamble the kernel. > - https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2016/03/08/how-to-extract-and-disassmble-a-linux-kernel-image-vmlinuz/ Yea, all SSL sites, I'm not going to try elinks with them, I don't have the time to mess around. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 8.8Mbps down 630kbps up According to speedtest.net: 8.21Mbps down 510kbps up
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From: linux@armlinux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH] scripts: make extract-vmlinux support armel/armhf Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:19:57 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20170831161957.GU20805@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CAEQ9gEmBv-fb2MbedSzs+dWtrq-ChXwiMrisyofZ7zfu+jADYA@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 01:05:16AM +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote: > Dear Russell, > > Thanks for your review! > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:36:31AM +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote: > >> vmlinux/zImage on armel/armhf seems not an ELF, so update the script > >> scripts/extract-vmlinux to support such case. > >> > >> This fix is tested on Debian amd64, armel, and armhf platform, with > >> Debian kernels. > >> > >> Fixes: 09d481270d44 ("scripts: add extract-vmlinux") > >> Cc: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> > >> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> > >> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > >> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> > >> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org > >> Cc: linux-kbuild at vger.kernel.org > >> Signed-off-by: Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> > >> --- > >> > >> Dear Michal, Masahiro-san, and Russell, > >> > >> I posted this patch before [0] but didn't get positive response. > >> Recently when I trace a Debian kernel issue, I still find this patch > >> useful to locate the root cause [1]. > >> > >> Besides, it's a well known bug confuses other developers [2][3]. > >> So I decide to submit the patch again. > >> > >> [0]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8120831/ > >> [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/870185#50 > >> [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bug/1050453 > >> [3]: https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461 > >> > >> Please kindly help to review. Thank you! > > > > I don't think this makes sense. This script claims to extract a "vmlinux" > > from a compressed kernel image. "vmlinux" is normally the term of the > > ELF object, and indeed as the script currently stands, it always guarantees > > to output an ELF file. > > If you think creating a new "scripts/extract-zImage" file is more > proper way, we can do it. > > > However, ARM zImage does not store a compressed ELF object, it stores a > > compressed binary image of the executable in memory, so what you get out > > of this script is not an ELF file, but the binary image (iow, what > > arch/arm/boot/Image is.) > > > > What's the use case - what are you using the output of this script with? > > I already provided a use case, to trace a Debian kernel issue caused > by kernel size. > - https://bugs.debian.org/870185#50 Sorry, I haven't time to look - it needs me to use firefox on a different machine. Maybe you could help by providing some details by email, otherwise I've got extra work to do at some point in the future (probably days away) if I remember (your mail will get buried). Much of my time is in front of a _textual_ _only_ interface, and elinks does not work with several modern SSL-only sites. > I also see other people complaining this issue: > - https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bug/1050453 > - https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461 > > By a random web search, I find another blog post on how to dissamble the kernel. > - https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2016/03/08/how-to-extract-and-disassmble-a-linux-kernel-image-vmlinuz/ Yea, all SSL sites, I'm not going to try elinks with them, I don't have the time to mess around. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 8.8Mbps down 630kbps up According to speedtest.net: 8.21Mbps down 510kbps up
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