From: Justin M. Forbes on gitlab.com Merge Request: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/2263
For many years, rawhide kernels have forced users to run debug builds on git snapshots by not building a non debug kernel as an option. While this has served us well, in finding occasional bugs that are less likely to surface otherwise, the performance of debug kernels has gotten considerably worse over time. After evaluating the debug configs to see if performance could be improved, it has become clear that we would have to trade off too much to regain performance. We would be better served by leaving more debug options enabled and offering a non debug kernel for all users on all builds.
Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
--- redhat/scripts/genspec/genspec.sh | 13 +++++-------- redhat/kernel.spec.template | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
From: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
Turn off forced debug builds
For many years, rawhide kernels have forced users to run debug builds on git snapshots by not building a non debug kernel as an option. While this has served us well, in finding occasional bugs that are less likely to surface otherwise, the performance of debug kernels has gotten considerably worse over time. After evaluating the debug configs to see if performance could be improved, it has become clear that we would have to trade off too much to regain performance. We would be better served by leaving more debug options enabled and offering a non debug kernel for all users on all builds.
Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/redhat/scripts/genspec/genspec.sh b/redhat/scripts/genspec/genspec.sh index blahblah..blahblah 100755 --- a/redhat/scripts/genspec/genspec.sh +++ b/redhat/scripts/genspec/genspec.sh @@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ UPSTREAM=$(git rev-parse -q --verify origin/"${UPSTREAM_BRANCH}" || \ git rev-parse -q --verify "${UPSTREAM_BRANCH}")
-if [ "$SNAPSHOT" = 0 ]; then - # This is based off a tag on Linus's tree (e.g. v5.5 or v5.5-rc5). - # Two kernels are built, one with debug configuration and one without. - SPECDEBUG_BUILDS_ENABLED=1 -else - # All kernels are built with debug configurations. - SPECDEBUG_BUILDS_ENABLED=0 -fi +# As debug kernels have gotten a bit slower over time, the forced debug +# builds are going unused. We are no longer forcing debug builds only. +# Keep the option around for one off scratch builds though. +# Two kernels are built, one with debug configuration and one without. +SPECDEBUG_BUILDS_ENABLED=1
if [ -n "$DISTLOCALVERSION" ]; then SPECBUILDID=$(printf "%%define buildid %s" "$DISTLOCALVERSION")
-- https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/2263
From: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
Turn on debug builds for aarch64 Fedora
Fedora only did debug builds for x86 in the past. This was largely due to slow build times on other arches in koji, coupled with much smaller userbases. Let's turn on aarch64 now as those builders are much faster and the userbase is considerably larger these days. Replacing i686 here makes sense as we no longer build for that arch.
Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/redhat/kernel.spec.template b/redhat/kernel.spec.template index blahblah..blahblah 100755 --- a/redhat/kernel.spec.template +++ b/redhat/kernel.spec.template @@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel %endif
%if 0%{?fedora} -# don't do debug builds on anything but i686 and x86_64 -%ifnarch i686 x86_64 +# don't do debug builds on anything but aarch64 and x86_64 +%ifnarch aarch64 x86_64 %define with_debug 0 %endif %endif
-- https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/2263
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