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Message-Id: <20200929214631.3516445-16-samitolvanen@google.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:46:17 -0700
From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.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 v4 15/29] kbuild: lto: merge module sections
LLD always splits sections with LTO, which increases module sizes. This
change adds linker script rules to merge the split sections in the final
module.
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
scripts/module.lds.S | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index 69b9b71a6a47..037120173a22 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -25,5 +25,33 @@ SECTIONS {
__jump_table 0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__jump_table)) }
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
+/*
+ * 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_]*) }
+}
+#endif
+
/* bring in arch-specific sections */
#include <asm/module.lds.h>
--
2.28.0.709.gb0816b6eb0-goog
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