Re: [PATCH v2] xen: Strip xen.efi by default

[Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM Frediano Ziglio
<frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ping
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM Frediano Ziglio
> <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM Frediano Ziglio
> > <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > For xen.gz file we strip all symbols and have an additional
> > > xen-syms file version with all symbols.
> > > Make xen.efi more coherent stripping all symbols too.
> > > xen.efi.elf can be used for debugging.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Changes since v1:
> > > - avoid leaving target if some command fails
> > > ---
> > >  docs/misc/efi.pandoc  |  8 +-------
> > >  xen/Kconfig.debug     |  9 ++-------
> > >  xen/Makefile          | 19 -------------------
> > >  xen/arch/x86/Makefile |  8 +++++---
> > >  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/docs/misc/efi.pandoc b/docs/misc/efi.pandoc
> > > index 11c1ac3346..c66b18a66b 100644
> > > --- a/docs/misc/efi.pandoc
> > > +++ b/docs/misc/efi.pandoc
> > > @@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ Xen to load the configuration file even if multiboot 
> > > modules are found.
> > >  Once built, `make install-xen` will place the resulting binary directly 
> > > into
> > >  the EFI boot partition, provided `EFI_VENDOR` is set in the environment 
> > > (and
> > >  `EFI_MOUNTPOINT` is overridden as needed, should the default of 
> > > `/boot/efi` not
> > > -match your system). When built with debug info, the binary can be quite 
> > > large.
> > > -Setting `INSTALL_EFI_STRIP=1` in the environment will cause it to be 
> > > stripped
> > > -of debug info in the process of installing. `INSTALL_EFI_STRIP` can also 
> > > be set
> > > -to any combination of options suitable to pass to `strip`, in case the 
> > > default
> > > -ones don't do. The xen.efi binary will also be installed in 
> > > `/usr/lib64/efi/`,
> > > -unless `EFI_DIR` is set in the environment to override this default. This
> > > -binary will not be stripped in the process.
> > > +match your system).
> > >
> > >  The binary itself will require a configuration file (names with the 
> > > `.efi`
> > >  extension of the binary's name replaced by `.cfg`, and - until an 
> > > existing
> > > diff --git a/xen/Kconfig.debug b/xen/Kconfig.debug
> > > index d14093017e..cafbb1236c 100644
> > > --- a/xen/Kconfig.debug
> > > +++ b/xen/Kconfig.debug
> > > @@ -147,12 +147,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO
> > >           Say Y here if you want to build Xen with debug information. This
> > >           information is needed e.g. for doing crash dump analysis of the
> > >           hypervisor via the "crash" tool.
> > > -         Saying Y will increase the size of the xen-syms and xen.efi
> > > -         binaries. In case the space on the EFI boot partition is rather
> > > -         limited, you may want to install a stripped variant of xen.efi 
> > > in
> > > -         the EFI boot partition (look for "INSTALL_EFI_STRIP" in
> > > -         docs/misc/efi.pandoc for more information - when not using
> > > -         "make install-xen" for installing xen.efi, stripping needs to be
> > > -         done outside the Xen build environment).
> > > +         Saying Y will increase the size of the xen-syms and xen.efi.elf
> > > +         binaries.
> > >
> > >  endmenu
> > > diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
> > > index 8fc4e042ff..664c4ea7b8 100644
> > > --- a/xen/Makefile
> > > +++ b/xen/Makefile
> > > @@ -488,22 +488,6 @@ endif
> > >  .PHONY: _build
> > >  _build: $(TARGET)$(CONFIG_XEN_INSTALL_SUFFIX)
> > >
> > > -# Strip
> > > -#
> > > -# INSTALL_EFI_STRIP, if defined, will cause xen.efi to be stripped 
> > > before it
> > > -# is installed. If INSTALL_EFI_STRIP is '1', then the default option(s) 
> > > below
> > > -# will be used. Otherwise, INSTALL_EFI_STRIP value will be used as the
> > > -# option(s) to the strip command.
> > > -ifdef INSTALL_EFI_STRIP
> > > -
> > > -ifeq ($(INSTALL_EFI_STRIP),1)
> > > -efi-strip-opt := --strip-debug --keep-file-symbols
> > > -else
> > > -efi-strip-opt := $(INSTALL_EFI_STRIP)
> > > -endif
> > > -
> > > -endif
> > > -
> > >  .PHONY: _install
> > >  _install: D=$(DESTDIR)
> > >  _install: T=$(notdir $(TARGET))
> > > @@ -530,9 +514,6 @@ _install: $(TARGET)$(CONFIG_XEN_INSTALL_SUFFIX)
> > >                 ln -sf $(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION).efi 
> > > $(D)$(EFI_DIR)/$(T)-$(XEN_VERSION).efi; \
> > >                 ln -sf $(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION).efi 
> > > $(D)$(EFI_DIR)/$(T).efi; \
> > >                 if [ -n '$(EFI_MOUNTPOINT)' -a -n '$(EFI_VENDOR)' ]; then 
> > > \
> > > -                       $(if $(efi-strip-opt), \
> > > -                            $(STRIP) $(efi-strip-opt) -p -o 
> > > $(TARGET).efi.stripped $(TARGET).efi && \
> > > -                            $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TARGET).efi.stripped 
> > > $(D)$(EFI_MOUNTPOINT)/efi/$(EFI_VENDOR)/$(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION).efi ||) \
> > >                         $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TARGET).efi 
> > > $(D)$(EFI_MOUNTPOINT)/efi/$(EFI_VENDOR)/$(T)-$(XEN_FULLVERSION).efi; \
> > >                 elif [ "$(D)" = "$(patsubst $(shell cd $(XEN_ROOT) && 
> > > pwd)/%,%,$(D))" ]; then \
> > >                         echo 'EFI installation only partially done 
> > > (EFI_VENDOR not set)' >&2; \
> > > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
> > > index ce724a9daa..e0ebc8c73e 100644
> > > --- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
> > > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
> > > @@ -232,14 +232,16 @@ endif
> > >         $(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) .$(@F).1r.o .$(@F).1s.o
> > >         $(LD) $(call EFI_LDFLAGS,$(VIRT_BASE)) -T $(obj)/efi.lds $< \
> > >               $(dot-target).1r.o $(dot-target).1s.o $(orphan-handling-y) \
> > > -             $(note_file_option) -o $@
> > > -       $(NM) -pa --format=sysv $@ \
> > > +             $(note_file_option) -o $@.tmp
> > > +       $(NM) -pa --format=sysv $@.tmp \
> > >                 | $(objtree)/tools/symbols --all-symbols --xensyms --sysv 
> > > --sort \
> > >                 > $@.map
> > >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),y)
> > > -       $(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),:$(space))$(OBJCOPY) 
> > > -O elf64-x86-64 $@ $@.elf
> > > +       $(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),:$(space))$(OBJCOPY) 
> > > -O elf64-x86-64 $@.tmp $@.elf
> > > +       $(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),:$(space))$(STRIP) 
> > > $@.tmp
> > >  endif
> > >         rm -f $(dot-target).[0-9]* $(@D)/..$(@F).[0-9]*
> > > +       mv -f $@.tmp $@
> > >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_XEN_IBT),y)
> > >         $(SHELL) $(srctree)/tools/check-endbr.sh $@
> > >  endif
> >
> > Any comments on this version?
> >
> > Frediano