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| author | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2023-06-11 17:50:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2023-06-22 14:21:06 +0200 |
| commit | 5e9e95cc9148b82074a5eae283e63bce3f1aacfe (patch) | |
| tree | 72072798944c4a0ffcf2f294b8c264cbd7f60b05 /scripts/Makefile.modpost | |
| parent | modpost: use null string instead of NULL pointer for default namespace (diff) | |
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kbuild: implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS without recursion
When CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled, Kbuild recursively traverses
the directory tree to determine which EXPORT_SYMBOL to trim. If an
EXPORT_SYMBOL turns out to be unused by anyone, Kbuild begins the
second traverse, where some source files are recompiled with their
EXPORT_SYMBOL() tuned into a no-op.
Linus stated negative opinions about this slowness in commits:
- 5cf0fd591f2e ("Kbuild: disable TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS option")
- a555bdd0c58c ("Kbuild: enable TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS again, with some guarding")
We can do this better now. The final data structures of EXPORT_SYMBOL
are generated by the modpost stage, so modpost can selectively emit
KSYMTAB entries that are really used by modules.
Commit f73edc8951b2 ("kbuild: unify two modpost invocations") is another
ground-work to do this in a one-pass algorithm. With the list of modules,
modpost sets sym->used if it is used by a module. modpost emits KSYMTAB
only for symbols with sym->used==true.
BTW, Nicolas explained why the trimming was implemented with recursion:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2o2rpn97-79nq-p7s2-nq5-8p83391473r@syhkavp.arg/
Actually, we never achieved that level of optimization where the chain
reaction of trimming comes into play because:
- CONFIG_LTO_CLANG cannot remove any unused symbols
- CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is enabled only for vmlinux,
but not modules
If deeper trimming is required, we need to revisit this, but I guess
that is unlikely to happen.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/Makefile.modpost')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile.modpost | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost index 074e27c0c140..39472e834b63 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost @@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ targets += .vmlinux.objs .vmlinux.objs: vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) FORCE $(call if_changed,vmlinux_objs) +ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS +ksym-wl := $(CONFIG_UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST) +ksym-wl := $(if $(filter-out /%, $(ksym-wl)),$(srctree)/)$(ksym-wl) +modpost-args += -t $(addprefix -u , $(ksym-wl)) +modpost-deps += $(ksym-wl) +endif + ifeq ($(wildcard vmlinux.o),) missing-input := vmlinux.o output-symdump := modules-only.symvers |