Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] kbuild: Mark the kernel image gzip recipes as recursive
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat Oct 10 2026 - 17:08:56 EST
On Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 01:28:50AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 09:27:57PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > foreground background
> > -next Fix -next Fix
> >
> > make -jN Bug Good Bug Good
> >
> > kvm.sh [1] Bug Bug Bug Bug
> >
> > [1] tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh --build-only --allcpus --configs TREE02 --trust-make
>
> Thanks for the details! IIUC, the difference is the config, not
> foreground vs background. kvm-build.sh adds CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE,
> which is compressed with gzip by default. The usr/Makefile target picks
> that compressor through a variable, so v1 missed it. Your plain "make
> -jN" builds probably had no built-in initramfs, so the kernel image was
> the only place where pigz ran, which v1 did cover.
I don't feel quite so bad for not having any idea why running "make"
from kvm.sh would make a difference. ;-)
> Hopefully v2 has all the missed targets fixed now:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261010081910.stay.092-kees@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m3b466b33f835119bfbd0c1b3c48d2a8a87f31691
It does work for me, thank you very much!!!
Thanx, Paul