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-rw-r--r--Makefile7
-rw-r--r--arch/Kconfig12
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler_types.h10
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc54a6cc8dc5..d84c0fb215fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -974,8 +974,15 @@ export CC_FLAGS_CFI
endif
ifneq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT),0)
+# Set the minimal function alignment. Use the newer GCC option
+# -fmin-function-alignment if it is available, or fall back to -falign-funtions.
+# See also CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANE_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT.
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fmin-function-alignment=$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT)
+else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -falign-functions=$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT)
endif
+endif
# arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index a5af0edd3eb8..bd6c6335efac 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1507,4 +1507,16 @@ config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
default 4 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B
default 0
+config CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
+ # Detect availability of the GCC option -fmin-function-alignment which
+ # guarantees minimal alignment for all functions, unlike
+ # -falign-functions which the compiler ignores for cold functions.
+ def_bool $(cc-option, -fmin-function-alignment=8)
+
+config CC_HAS_SANE_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
+ # Set if the guaranteed alignment with -fmin-function-alignment is
+ # available or extra care is required in the kernel. Clang provides
+ # strict alignment always, even with -falign-functions.
+ def_bool CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT || CC_IS_CLANG
+
endmenu
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 0caf354cb94b..fb8888678687 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -99,17 +99,17 @@ static inline void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *ptr) { }
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Label-Attributes.html#index-cold-label-attribute
*
* When -falign-functions=N is in use, we must avoid the cold attribute as
- * contemporary versions of GCC drop the alignment for cold functions. Worse,
- * GCC can implicitly mark callees of cold functions as cold themselves, so
- * it's not sufficient to add __function_aligned here as that will not ensure
- * that callees are correctly aligned.
+ * GCC drops the alignment for cold functions. Worse, GCC can implicitly mark
+ * callees of cold functions as cold themselves, so it's not sufficient to add
+ * __function_aligned here as that will not ensure that callees are correctly
+ * aligned.
*
* See:
*
* https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y77%2FqVgvaJidFpYt@FVFF77S0Q05N
* https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88345#c9
*/
-#if !defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) || (CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT == 0)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANE_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT) || (CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT == 0)
#define __cold __attribute__((__cold__))
#else
#define __cold