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authorSami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>2020-12-11 21:46:19 +0300
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2021-01-14 19:21:08 +0300
commitdc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f (patch)
treee31da4c11f359712314d351d6b4281739785adfe /scripts/Makefile.build
parent3b15cdc15956673ba1551d79bceae471436ac6a9 (diff)
downloadlinux-dc5723b02e523b2c4a68667f7e28c65018f7202f.tar.xz
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 <samitolvanen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201211184633.3213045-3-samitolvanen@google.com
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/Makefile.build')
-rw-r--r--scripts/Makefile.build9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 22654a463ad8..65d4bea937fa 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ endif
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
quiet_cmd_cc_s_c = CC $(quiet_modtag) $@
- cmd_cc_s_c = $(CC) $(filter-out $(DEBUG_CFLAGS), $(c_flags)) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
+ cmd_cc_s_c = $(CC) $(filter-out $(DEBUG_CFLAGS) $(CC_FLAGS_LTO), $(c_flags)) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
$(obj)/%.s: $(src)/%.c FORCE
$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
@@ -421,8 +421,15 @@ $(obj)/lib.a: $(lib-y) FORCE
# Do not replace $(filter %.o,^) with $(real-prereqs). When a single object
# module is turned into a multi object module, $^ will contain header file
# dependencies recorded in the .*.cmd file.
+ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
+quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = AR [M] $@
+cmd_link_multi-m = \
+ rm -f $@; \
+ $(AR) cDPrsT $@ $(filter %.o,$^)
+else
quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = LD [M] $@
cmd_link_multi-m = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(filter %.o,$^)
+endif
$(multi-used-m): FORCE
$(call if_changed,link_multi-m)