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| author | Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> | 2020-12-11 19:46:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2021-01-14 17:21:08 +0100 |
| commit | dc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f (patch) | |
| tree | e31da4c11f359712314d351d6b4281739785adfe /scripts/Makefile.modfinal | |
| parent | tracing: move function tracer options to Kconfig (diff) | |
| download | linux-dc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f.tar.xz linux-dc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f.zip | |
kbuild: add support for Clang LTO
This change adds build system support for Clang's Link Time
Optimization (LTO). With -flto, instead of ELF object files, Clang
produces LLVM bitcode, which is compiled into native code at link
time, allowing the final binary to be optimized globally. For more
details, see:
https://llvm.org/docs/LinkTimeOptimization.html
The Kconfig option CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is implemented as a choice,
which defaults to LTO being disabled. To use LTO, the architecture
must select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG and support:
- compiling with Clang,
- compiling all assembly code with Clang's integrated assembler,
- and linking with LLD.
While using CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_FULL results in the best runtime
performance, the compilation is not scalable in time or
memory. CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN enables ThinLTO, which allows
parallel optimization and faster incremental builds. ThinLTO is
used by default if the architecture also selects
ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN:
https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThinLTO.html
To enable LTO, LLVM tools must be used to handle bitcode files, by
passing LLVM=1 and LLVM_IAS=1 options to make:
$ make LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1 defconfig
$ scripts/config -e LTO_CLANG_THIN
$ make LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1
To prepare for LTO support with other compilers, common parts are
gated behind the CONFIG_LTO option, and LTO can be disabled for
specific files by filtering out CC_FLAGS_LTO.
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201211184633.3213045-3-samitolvanen@google.com
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/Makefile.modfinal')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal index d49ec001825d..6de2c35b64e8 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC [M] $@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink) +ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG +# With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, reuse the object file we compiled for modpost to +# avoid a second slow LTO link +prelink-ext := .lto +endif + quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M] $@ cmd_ld_ko_o = \ $(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) \ @@ -53,8 +59,9 @@ if_changed_except = $(if $(call newer_prereqs_except,$(2))$(cmd-check), \ $(cmd); \ printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd, @:) + # Re-generate module BTFs if either module's .ko or vmlinux changed -$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) FORCE +$(modules): %.ko: %$(prelink-ext).o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) FORCE +$(call if_changed_except,ld_ko_o,vmlinux) ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES +$(if $(newer-prereqs),$(call cmd,btf_ko)) |