Re: leaky info and kernel modules

[Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>]

Hi Se Iro,

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 4:38 AM se iro <seiro22@mailfence.com> wrote:
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> you mention debug but this is building release mode not debug which is why it odd.

I was talking about release mode (please note I said "without"
`DEBUG_KERNEL`, not "with"). Perhaps I misunderstood you?

> and yeah if these paths exists its not reproducible as they different for everyone else. steve k commented on reddit and said he thinks so long as build process is same its reproducible, not that hashing matching is require. rust team may have differ opinion on what reproducible builds are too which affect this like you say

Reproducible builds are, in the end, about achieving the same output
every time. How to achieve that, however, can be easier or harder
depending on how much state/environment a project relies upon.

So, for instance, if we have absolute paths in the binary, then that
is one more thing to worry when preparing the build. That is why
removing the paths improves reproducibility, but it is not the only
thing that is required to achieve it for the kernel (i.e. we are not
breaking reproducibility just because we have those paths & one can
still achieve it by taking care of the paths).

Cheers,
Miguel