Re: [PATCH v2] xen/Kconfig: livepatch-build-tools requires debug information

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 11:24:12AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 08.11.2024 11:10, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > The tools infrastructure used to build livepatches for Xen
> > (livepatch-build-tools) consumes some DWARF debug information present in
> > xen-syms to generate a livepatch (see livepatch-build script usage of 
> > readelf
> > -wi).
> > 
> > The current Kconfig defaults however will enable LIVEPATCH without 
> > DEBUG_INFO
> > on release builds, thus providing a default Kconfig selection that's not
> > suitable for livepatch-build-tools even when LIVEPATCH support is enabled,
> > because it's missing the DWARF debug section.
> > 
> > Fix by selecting DEBUG_INFO by default if LIVEPATCH is enabled.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Yet I wonder whether this now faces Andrew's opposition.

You have both options now on the list.  I don't mind that much, just
want to get this sorted.  Either patch is better than the current
situation.

Thanks, Roger.