livepatch/klp-build: provide friendlier error messages

Provide more context for common klp-build failure modes.  Clarify which
user-provided patch is unsupported or failed to apply, and explicitly
identify which kernel build (original or patched) failed.

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310203751.1479229-11-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Joe Lawrence
2026-03-10 16:37:49 -04:00
committed by Josh Poimboeuf
parent e506ad210d
commit b41d8b7d17

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@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ check_unsupported_patches() {
for file in "${files[@]}"; do
case "$file" in
lib/*|*.S)
die "unsupported patch to $file"
die "${patch}: unsupported patch to $file"
;;
esac
done
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ clean_kernel() {
}
build_kernel() {
local build="$1"
local log="$TMP_DIR/build.log"
local objtool_args=()
local cmd=()
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ build_kernel() {
"${cmd[@]}" \
1> >(tee -a "$log") \
2> >(tee -a "$log" | grep0 -v "modpost.*undefined!" >&2)
)
) || die "$build kernel build failed"
}
find_objects() {
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ fi
if (( SHORT_CIRCUIT <= 1 )); then
status "Building original kernel"
clean_kernel
build_kernel
build_kernel "original"
status "Copying original object files"
copy_orig_objects
fi
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ if (( SHORT_CIRCUIT <= 2 )); then
fix_patches
apply_patches
status "Building patched kernel"
build_kernel
build_kernel "patched"
revert_patches
status "Copying patched object files"
copy_patched_objects