From dc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sami Tolvanen Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:46:19 -0800 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201211184633.3213045-3-samitolvanen@google.com --- scripts/Makefile.modpost | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'scripts/Makefile.modpost') diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost index f54b6ac37ac2..9ff8bfdb574d 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ __modpost: include include/config/auto.conf include scripts/Kbuild.include +# for ld_flags +include scripts/Makefile.lib + MODPOST = scripts/mod/modpost \ $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),-m) \ $(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a) \ @@ -102,12 +105,26 @@ $(input-symdump): @echo >&2 'WARNING: Symbol version dump "$@" is missing.' @echo >&2 ' Modules may not have dependencies or modversions.' +ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG +# With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, .o files might be LLVM bitcode, so we need to run +# LTO to compile them into native code before running modpost +prelink-ext := .lto + +quiet_cmd_cc_lto_link_modules = LTO [M] $@ +cmd_cc_lto_link_modules = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ --whole-archive $^ + +%.lto.o: %.o + $(call if_changed,cc_lto_link_modules) +endif + +modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER))) + # Read out modules.order to pass in modpost. # Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long". quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $@ - cmd_modpost = sed 's/ko$$/o/' $< | $(MODPOST) -T - + cmd_modpost = sed 's/\.ko$$/$(prelink-ext)\.o/' $< | $(MODPOST) -T - -$(output-symdump): $(MODORDER) $(input-symdump) FORCE +$(output-symdump): $(MODORDER) $(input-symdump) $(modules:.ko=$(prelink-ext).o) FORCE $(call if_changed,modpost) targets += $(output-symdump) -- cgit