With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG enabled, LLVM IR won't be compiled into object
files until modpost_link. This change postpones calls to recordmcount
until after this step.
In order to exclude ftrace_process_locs from inspection, we add a new
code section .text..ftrace, which we tell recordmcount to ignore, and
a __norecordmcount attribute for moving functions to this section.
Bug: 145210207
Change-Id: Ib77f7c431fce54243c46d584b55761ed2342965c
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
This change adds the configuration option CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, and
build system support for Clang's Link Time Optimization (LTO). In
preparation for LTO support with other compilers, potentially common
parts of the changes are gated behind CONFIG_LTO instead.
With -flto, instead of object files, Clang produces LLVM bitcode,
which is compiled into a native object at link time, allowing the
final binary to be optimized globally. For more details, see:
https://llvm.org/docs/LinkTimeOptimization.html
While the kernel normally uses GNU ld for linking, LLVM supports LTO
only with LLD or GNU gold linkers. This change assumes LLD is used.
Bug: 145210207
Change-Id: If1164ff33d073358ee7d4bba84cbb06c349c4a88
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Makefile.lib is included by Makefile.modfinal as well as Makefile.build.
Move modkern_cflags to Makefile.lib in order to simplify cmd_cc_o_c
in Makefile.modfinal. Move modkern_cflags as well for consistency.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
I think splitting the modpost and linking modules into separate
Makefiles will be useful especially when more complex build steps
come in. The main motivation of this commit is to integrate the
proposed klp-convert feature cleanly.
I moved the logging 'Building modules, stage 2.' to Makefile.modpost
to avoid the code duplication although I do not know whether or not
this message is needed in the first place.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
