[PATCH 04/14] objtool/klp: Skip hidden directories when finding objects

Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 20:24:26 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.live-patching,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-modules
Message-ID <6c8eaa9feb17e3811f4ef7733fd7288b7f489183.1785727106.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
klp-build's find_objects() scans the whole tree for vmlinux.o and .ko
files, pruning only klp-tmp/ and .git/.  Development tools can leave
other dot-directories in the tree.  Kernel objects never live under
hidden directories, so prune them all.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
---
 scripts/livepatch/klp-build | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/livepatch/klp-build b/scripts/livepatch/klp-build
index c4a7acf8edc3..a8c103ce7763 100755
--- a/scripts/livepatch/klp-build
+++ b/scripts/livepatch/klp-build
@@ -575,8 +575,9 @@ find_objects() {
 	local opts=("$@")
 
 	# Find root-level vmlinux.o and non-root-level .ko files,
-	# excluding klp-tmp/ and .git/
-	find "$PWD" \( -path "$TMP_DIR" -o -path "$PWD/.git" -o -regex "$PWD/[^/][^/]*\.ko" \) -prune -o \
+	# excluding klp-tmp/ and hidden directories.
+	find "$PWD" -mindepth 1 \
+		    \( -path "$TMP_DIR" -o -name ".*" -o -regex "$PWD/[^/][^/]*\.ko" \) -prune -o \
 		    -type f "${opts[@]}"				\
 		    \( -name "*.ko" -o -path "$PWD/vmlinux.o" \)	\
 		    -printf '%P\n'
-- 
2.54.0