[PATCH u-boot 17/39] build: support building with Link Time Optimizations

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Tue Mar 9 14:30:26 CET 2021


On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 12:26 PM Marek Behún <marek.behun at nic.cz> wrote:
>
> Add plumbing for building U-Boot with Link Time Optimizations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun at nic.cz>
> ---
>  Kbuild               |  2 ++
>  Kconfig              | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  Makefile             | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/Makefile.lib |  3 +++
>  scripts/Makefile.spl | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
> index 1eac091594..bf52e54051 100644
> --- a/Kbuild
> +++ b/Kbuild
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ generic-offsets-file := include/generated/generic-asm-offsets.h
>  always  := $(generic-offsets-file)
>  targets := lib/asm-offsets.s
>
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_asm-offsets.o := $(LTO_CFLAGS)
> +
>  $(obj)/$(generic-offsets-file): $(obj)/lib/asm-offsets.s FORCE
>         $(call filechk,offsets,__GENERIC_ASM_OFFSETS_H__)
>
> diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
> index 86f0a39bb0..ceba53926f 100644
> --- a/Kconfig
> +++ b/Kconfig
> @@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ config SPL_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
>           do what it thinks is best, which is desirable in some cases for size
>           reasons.
>
> +config ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO
> +       bool
> +
> +config LTO
> +       bool "Enable Link Time Optimizations"
> +       depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO
> +       default n

nits: this line is not needed as the default value is n if omitted

> +       help
> +         This option enables Link Time Optimization (LTO), a mechanism which
> +         allows the compiler to optimize between different compilation units.
> +
> +         This can optimize away dead code paths, resulting in smaller binary
> +         size (if CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is enabled).
> +
> +         This option is not available for every architecture and may
> +         introduce bugs.
> +
> +         If unsure, say n.
> +
>  config TPL_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
>         bool "Allow compiler to uninline functions marked 'inline' in TPL"
>         depends on TPL
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 6dc47810ea..4eee0c4196 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -677,6 +677,28 @@ else
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS  += -O2
>  endif
>
> +LTO_CFLAGS :=
> +LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS :=
> +export LTO_CFLAGS LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS
> +ifdef CONFIG_LTO
> +       LTO_CFLAGS                      := -flto
> +       LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS               := -fwhole-program

This one should not be necessary per my read of the GCC doc. Also in
your patch, it is only used in the SPL build.

> +
> +       CFLAGS_NON_EFI                  += $(LTO_CFLAGS)
> +
> +       ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
> +               LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS       += -flto
> +       else
> +               LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS       += -fuse-linker-plugin -flto=jobserver
> +
> +               # use plugin aware tools
> +               AR                      = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc-ar
> +               NM                      = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc-nm
> +       endif
> +
> +       KBUILD_CFLAGS                   += $(LTO_CFLAGS)
> +endif
> +
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks)
>
> @@ -1751,6 +1773,19 @@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
>
>  # Rule to link u-boot
>  # May be overridden by arch/$(ARCH)/config.mk
> +ifdef CONFIG_LTO
> +quiet_cmd_u-boot__ ?= LTO     $@
> +      cmd_u-boot__ ?=                                                          \
> +               $(CC) -nostdlib -nostartfiles                                   \
> +               $(LTO_FINAL_CFLAGS) $(c_flags)                                  \

LTO_FINAL_CFLAGS is not defined anywhere. I guess you wanted to use
LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS?

> +               $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS:%=-Wl,%) $(LDFLAGS_u-boot:%=-Wl,%) -o $@       \
> +               -T u-boot.lds $(u-boot-init)                                    \
> +               -Wl,--start-group -Wl,--whole-archive                           \

--start-group should be dropped

> +                       $(u-boot-main)                                          \
> +               -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--end-group                          \
> +               $(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Wl,-Map,u-boot.map;                           \
> +               $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
> +else
>  quiet_cmd_u-boot__ ?= LD      $@
>        cmd_u-boot__ ?= $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_u-boot) -o $@          \
>                 -T u-boot.lds $(u-boot-init)                                    \
> @@ -1759,6 +1794,7 @@ quiet_cmd_u-boot__ ?= LD      $@
>                 --no-whole-archive --end-group                                  \
>                 $(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Map u-boot.map;                               \
>                 $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
> +endif
>
>  quiet_cmd_smap = GEN     common/system_map.o
>  cmd_smap = \
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> index 78543c6dd1..78bbebe7e9 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> @@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ $(obj)/%_efi.so: $(obj)/%.o $(obj)/efi_crt0.o $(obj)/efi_reloc.o $(obj)/efi_free
>
>  targets += $(obj)/efi_crt0.o $(obj)/efi_reloc.o $(obj)/efi_freestanding.o
>
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_efi_reloc.o := $(LTO_CFLAGS)
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_efi_freestanding.o := $(LTO_CFLAGS)
> +
>  # ACPI
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  #
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.spl b/scripts/Makefile.spl
> index 889debb93c..6da5883442 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.spl
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.spl
> @@ -419,6 +419,19 @@ $(obj)/$(SPL_BIN).sym: $(obj)/$(SPL_BIN) FORCE
>
>  # Rule to link u-boot-spl
>  # May be overridden by arch/$(ARCH)/config.mk
> +ifdef CONFIG_LTO
> +quiet_cmd_u-boot-spl ?= LTO     $@
> +      cmd_u-boot-spl ?= (cd $(obj) &&                                          \
> +               $(CC) -nostdlib -nostartfiles $(LTO_FINAL_LDFLAGS) $(c_flags)   \
> +               $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS:%=-Wl,%) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F):%=-Wl,%)              \
> +               $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(u-boot-spl-init))                       \
> +               -Wl,--start-group -Wl,--whole-archive                           \
> +                       $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(u-boot-spl-main))               \
> +                       $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(u-boot-spl-platdata))           \
> +               -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--end-group                          \
> +               $(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Wl,-Map,$(SPL_BIN).map -o $(SPL_BIN)          \
> +                       )
> +else
>  quiet_cmd_u-boot-spl ?= LD      $@
>        cmd_u-boot-spl ?= (cd $(obj) && \
>                 $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))                \
> @@ -429,6 +442,7 @@ quiet_cmd_u-boot-spl ?= LD      $@
>                 --no-whole-archive --end-group                          \
>                 $(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Map $(SPL_BIN).map -o $(SPL_BIN)      \
>                         )
> +endif
>
>  $(obj)/$(SPL_BIN): $(u-boot-spl-platdata) $(u-boot-spl-init) \
>                 $(u-boot-spl-main) $(obj)/u-boot-spl.lds FORCE
> --

Regards,
Bin


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