kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs
The kheaders archive consisting of the kernel headers used for compiling
bpf programs is in /proc. However there is concern that moving it here
will make it permanent. Let us move it to /sys/kernel as discussed [1].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1067310/#1265969
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8b9ffe2..16a7540 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -579,15 +579,14 @@
This option enables access to the kernel configuration file
through /proc/config.gz.
-config IKHEADERS_PROC
- tristate "Enable kernel header artifacts through /proc/kheaders.tar.xz"
- depends on PROC_FS
+config IKHEADERS
+ tristate "Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz"
+ depends on SYSFS
help
- This option enables access to the kernel header and other artifacts that
- are generated during the build process. These can be used to build eBPF
- tracing programs, or similar programs. If you build the headers as a
- module, a module called kheaders.ko is built which can be loaded on-demand
- to get access to the headers.
+ This option enables access to the in-kernel headers that are generated during
+ the build process. These can be used to build eBPF tracing programs,
+ or similar programs. If you build the headers as a module, a module called
+ kheaders.ko is built which can be loaded on-demand to get access to headers.
config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)"
