From 54bf57aa1b52068862f59a5ca00b629ba50be822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:49:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] zfs: add docs why we strip symbols manual

---
 pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
index 2d1775dac63e..cd25f0e981bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/default.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ let
         "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=\${out}"
       ];
 
+      # Enabling BTF causes zfs to be build with debug symbols.
+      # Since zfs compress kernel modules on installation, our strip hooks skip stripping them.
+      # Hence we strip modules prior to compression.
       postBuild = optionalString buildKernel ''
          find . -name "*.ko" -print0 | xargs -0 -P$NIX_BUILD_CORES strip --strip-debug
       '';