Make kernel build deterministic

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Subscribe / Log in / New accountMake kernel build deterministicFrom: Michal Marek mmarek@suse.czTo: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.orgSubject: [PATCH 00/34] Make kernel build deterministicDate: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:58:47 +0200Message-ID: 1302015561-21047-1-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.czCc: anil_ravindranath@pmc-sierra.com, mchehab@redhat.com, benh@kernel.crashing.org, x86@kernel.org, mac@melware.de, aacraid@adaptec.com, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, allan.stephens@windriver.com, hpa@zytor.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch, gwingerde@gmail.com, IvDoorn@gmail.com, elf@buici.com, cluster-devel@redhat.com, ccaulfie@redhat.com, mingo@redhat.com, dougthompson@xmission.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, arnaud.giersch@free.fr, teigland@redhat.com, tony.olech@elandigitalsystems.com, apw@canonical.com, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, swhiteho@redhat.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, jon.maloy@ericsson.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, gregkh@suse.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bluesmoke-devel@lists.soArchive-link: ArticleHi,this series makes it possible to build bit-identical kernel image andmodules from identical sources. Of course the build is alreadydeterministic in terms of behavior of the code, but the varioustimestamps embedded in the object files make it hard to compare twobuilds, for instance to verify that a makefile cleanup didn’taccidentally change something. A prime example is /proc/config.gz, whichhas both a timestamp in the gzip header and a timestamp in the payloaddata. With this series applied, a script like this will produceidentical kernels each time:#!/bin/bashrm -rf /dev/shm/{source,build}{,1,2}export KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP=1export KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP='Sun May 1 12:00:00 CEST 2011’export KBUILD_BUILD_USER=userexport KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=hostexport ROOT_DEV=FLOPPYfor i in 1 2; do mkdir /dev/shm/source # randomize the inode order just for fun git ls-tree -r -z --name-only HEAD | sort -R -z | xargs -0 \ cp --parents --target=/dev/shm/source pushd /dev/shm/source mkdir /dev/shm/build >/dev/shm/build/all.config for opt in GCOV_KERNEL UBIFS_FS_DEBUG; do echo "# CONFIG_ o p t i s n o t s e t " > > " / d e v / s h m / b u i l d " / a l l . c o n f i g d o n e m a k