Re: [PATCH] Kernel: Block non-UID-0 profiling completely

[Arne Fitzenreiter <arne_f@ipfire.org>]

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Such .orig files are created by patch if a hunk not apply without 
fuzzing.
rebase the patch to the current kernel source should help.

Arne

Am 2022-02-04 17:56, schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Hello,
> 
>> On 4 Feb 2022, at 13:45, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Michael,
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>>>> #lib/modules/KVER-ipfire/build/include/linux/perf_event.h
>>>>> +#lib/modules/KVER-ipfire/build/include/linux/perf_event.h.orig
>>>> 
>>>> We should not install any files like this.
>>> 
>>> Hm. I wonder where it came from. Perhaps I forgot a "./make.sh clean" 
>>> after the first attempt.
>>> 
>>> Will check and report back.
>> 
>> after running a clean build, this file stays present. It's attached to 
>> this mail.
>> 
>> It is odd to see this happening, as the additional "patch" command 
>> introduced by this
>> patch does not differ from those already present in the kernel's LFS 
>> file, except for
>> the patch file itself.
> 
> If the patch doesn’t match exactly, patch will create backup files so
> that you can fix anything manually if things broke.
> 
> What you can do is either to rediff the patch that it applies cleanly,
> or you can use this option:
> 
>        --no-backup-if-mismatch
> 
>           Do not back up a file if the patch does not match the file
>           exactly and if backups are not otherwise requested.  This is
>           the default if patch  is conforming to POSIX.
> 
> This should however be the default.
> 
> -Michael
> 
>> 
>> Can you give me any hint on where to look next?
>> 
>> Thanks, and best regards,
>> Peter Müller<perf_event.h.orig>