Allow volatility profile building from custom sources #839
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Change the default definition of the KDIR from being just a prefix to full path to the kernel headers allows to override this value and compile the module using arbitrary location of the kernel headers or full source code. Added also some common usage examples in the comment. Adding the PREFIX variable might serve the original prefix purpose of the KDIR if somebody needs such functionality in some mass module rebuilding scripts
Leaving the module.ko allows for manual inspection for example using modinfo and possibly even copying to the remote system and trying to load the module in order to confirm it is compiled with the right kernel release string and symbols
xambroz
changed the title
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Change the default definition of the KDIR from being just a prefix to full path to the kernel headers allows to override this value and compile the module using arbitrary location of the kernel headers or full source code.
Added also some common usage examples in the comment.
Adding the PREFIX variable might serve the original prefix purpose of the KDIR if somebody needs such functionality in some mass module rebuilding scripts