target/linux/generic/hack-5.10/220-arm-gc_sections.patch

   1 From e3d8676f5722b7622685581e06e8f53e6138e3ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
   2 From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
   3 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:42:36 +0200
   4 Subject: use -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and --gc-sections
   5
   6 In combination with kernel symbol export stripping this significantly reduces
   7 the kernel image size. Used on both ARM and MIPS architectures.
   8
   9 Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  10 Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski <jogo@openwrt.org>
  11 Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
  12 ---
  13 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
  14 +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
  15 @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ config ARM
  16         select HAVE_UID16
  17         select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
  18         select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
  19 +       select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  20         select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
  21         select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
  22         select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE if OF
  23 --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
  24 +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
  25 @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ $(foreach o, $(libfdt_objs) atags_to_fdt
  26  ifdef building_out_of_srctree
  27  $(shell rm -f $(addprefix $(obj)/, fdt_rw.c fdt_ro.c fdt_wip.c fdt.c))
  28  endif
  29 +KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := $(patsubst -f%-sections,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL))
  30
  31  targets       := vmlinux vmlinux.lds piggy_data piggy.o \
  32                  lib1funcs.o ashldi3.o bswapsdi2.o \
  33 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
  34 +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
  35 @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
  36         . = ALIGN(4);
  37         __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
  38                 __start___ex_table = .;
  39 -               ARM_MMU_KEEP(*(__ex_table))
  40 +               KEEP(*(__ex_table))
  41                 __stop___ex_table = .;
  42         }
  43
  44 @@ -100,24 +100,24 @@ SECTIONS
  45         }
  46         .init.arch.info : {
  47                 __arch_info_begin = .;
  48 -               *(.arch.info.init)
  49 +               KEEP(*(.arch.info.init))
  50                 __arch_info_end = .;
  51         }
  52         .init.tagtable : {
  53                 __tagtable_begin = .;
  54 -               *(.taglist.init)
  55 +               KEEP(*(.taglist.init))
  56                 __tagtable_end = .;
  57         }
  58  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
  59         .init.smpalt : {
  60                 __smpalt_begin = .;
  61 -               *(.alt.smp.init)
  62 +               KEEP(*(.alt.smp.init))
  63                 __smpalt_end = .;
  64         }
  65  #endif
  66         .init.pv_table : {
  67                 __pv_table_begin = .;
  68 -               *(.pv_table)
  69 +               KEEP(*(.pv_table))
  70                 __pv_table_end = .;
  71         }
  72
  73 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
  74 +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
  75 @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
  76  #define PROC_INFO                                                      \
  77                 . = ALIGN(4);                                           \
  78                 __proc_info_begin = .;                                  \
  79 -               *(.proc.info.init)                                      \
  80 +               KEEP(*(.proc.info.init))                                \
  81                 __proc_info_end = .;
  82
  83  #define IDMAP_TEXT                                                     \
  84                 ALIGN_FUNCTION();                                       \
  85                 __idmap_text_start = .;                                 \
  86 -               *(.idmap.text)                                          \
  87 +               KEEP(*(.idmap.text))                                    \
  88                 __idmap_text_end = .;                                   \
  89
  90  #define ARM_DISCARD                                                    \
  91 @@ -109,12 +109,12 @@
  92         . = ALIGN(8);                                                   \
  93         .ARM.unwind_idx : {                                             \
  94                 __start_unwind_idx = .;                                 \
  95 -               *(.ARM.exidx*)                                          \
  96 +               KEEP(*(.ARM.exidx*))                                    \
  97                 __stop_unwind_idx = .;                                  \
  98         }                                                               \
  99         .ARM.unwind_tab : {                                             \
 100                 __start_unwind_tab = .;                                 \
 101 -               *(.ARM.extab*)                                          \
 102 +               KEEP(*(.ARM.extab*))                                    \
 103                 __stop_unwind_tab = .;                                  \
 104         }
 105
 106 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 107         __vectors_lma = .;                                              \
 108         OVERLAY 0xffff0000 : NOCROSSREFS AT(__vectors_lma) {            \
 109                 .vectors {                                              \
 110 -                       *(.vectors)                                     \
 111 +                       KEEP(*(.vectors))                               \
 112                 }                                                       \
 113                 .vectors.bhb.loop8 {                                    \
 114                         *(.vectors.bhb.loop8)                           \
 115 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 116                                                                         \
 117         __stubs_lma = .;                                                \
 118         .stubs ADDR(.vectors) + 0x1000 : AT(__stubs_lma) {              \
 119 -               *(.stubs)                                               \
 120 +               KEEP(*(.stubs))                                         \
 121         }                                                               \
 122         ARM_LMA(__stubs, .stubs);                                       \
 123         . = __stubs_lma + SIZEOF(.stubs);                               \