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-rw-r--r-- | kernel/module/Kconfig | 61 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile.modinst | 2 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig index 4047b6d48255..bb7f7930fef6 100644 --- a/kernel/module/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig @@ -278,64 +278,65 @@ config MODULE_SIG_HASH default "sha3-384" if MODULE_SIG_SHA3_384 default "sha3-512" if MODULE_SIG_SHA3_512 -choice - prompt "Module compression mode" +config MODULE_COMPRESS + bool "Module compression" help - This option allows you to choose the algorithm which will be used to - compress modules when 'make modules_install' is run. (or, you can - choose to not compress modules at all.) - - External modules will also be compressed in the same way during the - installation. - - For modules inside an initrd or initramfs, it's more efficient to - compress the whole initrd or initramfs instead. - + Enable module compression to reduce on-disk size of module binaries. This is fully compatible with signed modules. - Please note that the tool used to load modules needs to support the - corresponding algorithm. module-init-tools MAY support gzip, and kmod - MAY support gzip, xz and zstd. + The tool used to work with modules needs to support the selected + compression type. kmod MAY support gzip, xz and zstd. Other tools + might have a limited selection of the supported types. - Your build system needs to provide the appropriate compression tool - to compress the modules. + Note that for modules inside an initrd or initramfs, it's more + efficient to compress the whole ramdisk instead. - If in doubt, select 'None'. + If unsure, say N. -config MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE - bool "None" +choice + prompt "Module compression type" + depends on MODULE_COMPRESS help - Do not compress modules. The installed modules are suffixed - with .ko. + Choose the supported algorithm for module compression. config MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP bool "GZIP" help - Compress modules with GZIP. The installed modules are suffixed - with .ko.gz. + Support modules compressed with GZIP. The installed modules are + suffixed with .ko.gz. config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ bool "XZ" help - Compress modules with XZ. The installed modules are suffixed - with .ko.xz. + Support modules compressed with XZ. The installed modules are + suffixed with .ko.xz. config MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD bool "ZSTD" help - Compress modules with ZSTD. The installed modules are suffixed - with .ko.zst. + Support modules compressed with ZSTD. The installed modules are + suffixed with .ko.zst. endchoice +config MODULE_COMPRESS_ALL + bool "Automatically compress all modules" + default y + depends on MODULE_COMPRESS + help + Compress all modules during 'make modules_install'. + + Your build system needs to provide the appropriate compression tool + for the selected compression type. External modules will also be + compressed in the same way during the installation. + config MODULE_DECOMPRESS bool "Support in-kernel module decompression" - depends on MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP || MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ || MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD + depends on MODULE_COMPRESS select ZLIB_INFLATE if MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP select XZ_DEC if MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS if MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD help - Support for decompressing kernel modules by the kernel itself instead of relying on userspace to perform this task. Useful when load pinning security policy is enabled. diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst index 0afd75472679..bce4a9adb893 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst @@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ $(foreach x, % :, $(if $(findstring $x, $(dst)), \ $(error module installation path cannot contain '$x'))) suffix-y := +ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ALL suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP) := .gz suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ) := .xz suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD) := .zst +endif modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%.o, $(dst)/%.ko$(suffix-y), $(modules)) install-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += $(modules) |