* [PATCH] init/Kconfig - add clarification for out-of-tree modules
@ 2016-07-29 10:14 Valdis Kletnieks
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From: Valdis Kletnieks @ 2016-07-29 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel
It doesn't trim just symbols that are totally unused in-tree - it trims the
symbols unused by any in-tree modules actually built. If you've done
a 'make localmodconfig' and only build a hundred or so modules, it's pretty
likely that your out-of-tree module will come up lacking something...
Hopefully this will save the next guy from a Homer Simpson "D'oh!" moment.
Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 55c07b855e90..b4c9eb8119c0 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
(especially when using LTO) for optimizing the code and reducing
binary size. This might have some security advantages as well.
- If unsure say N.
+ If unsure, or if you need to build out-of-tree modules, say N.
endif # MODULES
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