From e3d8676f5722b7622685581e06e8f53e6138e3ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:42:36 +0200 Subject: use -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and --gc-sections In combination with kernel symbol export stripping this significantly reduces the kernel image size. Used on both ARM and MIPS architectures. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos --- --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ config ARM select HAVE_UID16 select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING + select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE if OF --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ endif ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_OF),y) OBJS += $(libfdt_objs) fdt_check_mem_start.o endif +KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := $(patsubst -f%-sections,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL)) # -fstack-protector-strong triggers protection checks in this code, # but it is being used too early to link to meaningful stack_chk logic. --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS . = ALIGN(4); __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) { __start___ex_table = .; - ARM_MMU_KEEP(*(__ex_table)) + KEEP(*(__ex_table)) __stop___ex_table = .; } @@ -100,24 +100,24 @@ SECTIONS } .init.arch.info : { __arch_info_begin = .; - *(.arch.info.init) + KEEP(*(.arch.info.init)) __arch_info_end = .; } .init.tagtable : { __tagtable_begin = .; - *(.taglist.init) + KEEP(*(.taglist.init)) __tagtable_end = .; } #ifdef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP .init.smpalt : { __smpalt_begin = .; - *(.alt.smp.init) + KEEP(*(.alt.smp.init)) __smpalt_end = .; } #endif .init.pv_table : { __pv_table_begin = .; - *(.pv_table) + KEEP(*(.pv_table)) __pv_table_end = .; } --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ #define PROC_INFO \ . = ALIGN(4); \ __proc_info_begin = .; \ - *(.proc.info.init) \ + KEEP(*(.proc.info.init)) \ __proc_info_end = .; #define IDMAP_TEXT \ ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \ __idmap_text_start = .; \ - *(.idmap.text) \ + KEEP(*(.idmap.text)) \ __idmap_text_end = .; \ #define ARM_DISCARD \ @@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ . = ALIGN(8); \ .ARM.unwind_idx : { \ __start_unwind_idx = .; \ - *(.ARM.exidx*) \ + KEEP(*(.ARM.exidx*)) \ __stop_unwind_idx = .; \ } \ .ARM.unwind_tab : { \ __start_unwind_tab = .; \ - *(.ARM.extab*) \ + KEEP(*(.ARM.extab*)) \ __stop_unwind_tab = .; \ } @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ __vectors_lma = .; \ OVERLAY 0xffff0000 : NOCROSSREFS AT(__vectors_lma) { \ .vectors { \ - *(.vectors) \ + KEEP(*(.vectors)) \ } \ .vectors.bhb.loop8 { \ *(.vectors.bhb.loop8) \ @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ \ __stubs_lma = .; \ .stubs ADDR(.vectors) + 0x1000 : AT(__stubs_lma) { \ - *(.stubs) \ + KEEP(*(.stubs)) \ } \ ARM_LMA(__stubs, .stubs); \ . = __stubs_lma + SIZEOF(.stubs); \