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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile.modinst | 3 |
3 files changed, 60 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -842,6 +842,21 @@ mod_strip_cmd = true endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP export mod_strip_cmd +# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS, if defined, will cause module to be compressed +# after they are installed in agreement with CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP +# or CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ. + +mod_compress_cmd = true +ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS + ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + mod_compress_cmd = gzip -n + endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ + mod_compress_cmd = xz + endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ +endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS +export mod_compress_cmd + # Select initial ramdisk compression format, default is gzip(1). # This shall be used by the dracut(8) tool while creating an initramfs image. # diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index e84c6423a2e..4980925bf34 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -1906,6 +1906,49 @@ config MODULE_SIG_HASH default "sha384" if MODULE_SIG_SHA384 default "sha512" if MODULE_SIG_SHA512 +config MODULE_COMPRESS + bool "Compress modules on installation" + depends on MODULES + help + This option compresses the kernel modules when 'make + modules_install' is run. + + The modules will be compressed either using gzip or xz depend on the + choice made in "Compression algorithm". + + module-init-tools has support for gzip format while kmod handle gzip + and xz compressed modules. + + When a kernel module is installed from outside of the main kernel + source and uses the Kbuild system for installing modules then that + kernel module will also be compressed when it is installed. + + This option provides little benefit when the modules are to be used inside + an initrd or initramfs, it generally is more efficient to compress the whole + initrd or initramfs instead. + + This is fully compatible with signed modules while the signed module is + compressed. module-init-tools or kmod handles decompression and provide to + other layer the uncompressed but signed payload. + +choice + prompt "Compression algorithm" + depends on MODULE_COMPRESS + default MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + help + This determines which sort of compression will be used during + 'make modules_install'. + + GZIP (default) and XZ are supported. + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + bool "GZIP" + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ + bool "XZ" + +endchoice + endif # MODULES config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst index aa911b557bd..e48a4e9d886 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@ mkdir -p $(2) ; \ cp $@ $(2) ; \ $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) ; \ - $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)) + $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)) ; \ + $(mod_compress_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) # Modules built outside the kernel source tree go into extra by default INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= extra |