Re: [ptxdist] [APPLIED] kernel: fix modules.builtin.modinfo being executable

[Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>]

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Michael

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On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:52:10 +0100, Fabian Pfitzner <f.pfitzner@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> Since kernel commit a26a6c93edfe ("kbuild: Strip trailing padding bytes from
> modules.builtin.modinfo") [1], the resulting modules.builtin.modinfo file gets
> copied by objcopy resulting in an executable file.
> 
> It seems, that objcopy detects this file as executable even though
> the file is not executable at all.
> 
> Fix this problem by removing the execution bit afterwards.
> 
> I also send a patch upstream to the kernel [2].
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251105-kbuild-fix-builtin-modinfo-for-kmod-v1-1-b419d8ad4606@kernel.org
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251209-modinfo-executable-v1-1-ed0c553a4390@pengutronix.de/#t
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Pfitzner <f.pfitzner@pengutronix.de>
> Message-Id: <20251210-modinfo-executable-v1-1-23c6f3fc999e@pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
> 
> diff --git a/rules/kernel.make b/rules/kernel.make
> index 9cdc95a91b8b..e974304043f6 100644
> --- a/rules/kernel.make
> +++ b/rules/kernel.make
> @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ $(STATEDIR)/kernel.install:
>  	@$(call targetinfo)
>  ifdef PTXCONF_KERNEL_MODULES_INSTALL
>  	@$(call world/install, KERNEL)
> +	@chmod -x $(KERNEL_PKGDIR)/lib/modules/*/modules.builtin.modinfo
>  endif
>  	@$(call world/dtb, KERNEL)
>  	@$(call world/dtbo, KERNEL)