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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:30:38 -0700
From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 13/28] kbuild: lto: merge module sections
LLD always splits sections with LTO, which increases module sizes. This
change adds a linker script that merges the split sections in the final
module.
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
---
Makefile | 2 ++
scripts/module-lto.lds | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 scripts/module-lto.lds
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c69e07bd506a..bb82a4323f1d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG += -fvisibility=default
# Limit inlining across translation units to reduce binary size
LD_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -mllvm -import-instr-limit=5
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(LD_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG)
+
+KBUILD_LDS_MODULE += $(srctree)/scripts/module-lto.lds
endif
ifdef CONFIG_LTO
diff --git a/scripts/module-lto.lds b/scripts/module-lto.lds
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbb11dc3639a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/module-lto.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, LLD always enables -fdata-sections and
+ * -ffunction-sections, which increases the size of the final module.
+ * Merge the split sections in the final binary.
+ */
+SECTIONS {
+ __patchable_function_entries : { *(__patchable_function_entries) }
+
+ .bss : {
+ *(.bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.bss..L*)
+ }
+
+ .data : {
+ *(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.data..L*)
+ }
+
+ .rodata : {
+ *(.rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.rodata..L*)
+ }
+
+ .text : { *(.text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*) }
+}
--
2.28.0.402.g5ffc5be6b7-goog
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