[PATCH u-boot v4 00/36] U-Boot LTO (Sandbox + Some ARM boards)

Marek Behún marek.behun at nic.cz
Thu May 20 13:23:49 CEST 2021


Hello,

this is version 4 of patches adding support for LTO to U-Boot.

This series is being tested by Github/Azure CI at
  https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/pull/57

There is a problem with sandbox_clang test scenario, which I was
unable to resolve yet, or even determine correctly whether the
problem is with my patches or was there before. (One of the
problems is with testing stack protector test_stackprotector.py,
but for some reason I could not make this work even with GCC on
my local machine.)
Nevertheless I am sending these patches now so that at least you
can review them. In the meantime I will try to resolve the issue
with sandbox_clang test scenario.

Changes since v3:
- for some reason the mvneta driver does not work correctly when
  U-Boot is compiled with LTO. I have not debugged this issue yet, so
  for now I have removed Turris Omnia and Turris MOX from devices with
  enabled LTO
- linker list entry symbols are now forced to emit by using the
  __ADDRESSABLE macro in a generated C file (keep-syms-lto.c).
  Previously this was done in the ll_entry_declare() macro, but this
  was not flexible, since, for example, trying to declare an entry as
  extern could not work that way. This came to attention now after
  Simon's patches for dtoc were merged, and ll_entry_declare() is
  being used with the extern keyword in include/generated/dt-decl.h
- when compiling LTO with Clang, use llvm-ar and llvm-nm for AR and NM
- several patches rebased
- removed patch "api: fix a potential serious bug caused by undef
  CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA"
- updated patch converting __attribute__((section(...))) to
  __section(...)

Changes sinve v2:                       
- now linking with --build-id=none in order to avoid link failures with
  some toolchains (thanks Herald Seiler)
- we don't use -flto=jobserver anymore, since it causes build errors for
  some people. Instead we link with -flto=NPROC
- removed LTO exception for arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap3/clock.o, Adam Ford
  says it is not needed
- added some Reviewed-by tags

Changes since v1:
- remove patches applied into u-boot-marvell
- added Reviewed-by tags
- addressed some issues discovered by Bin Meng, Marek Vasut,
  Heinrich Schuchardt
- added more ARM boards (thanks to Adam Ford, Tim Harvey and Bin Meng)
- removed --gc-sections for ARM if internal libgcc is used
- remove -fwhole-program in final LTO LDFLAGS
- declared all 4 functions (memcpy, memset, memcmp, memmove) __used,
  (these are mentioned in GCC man page for option -nodefaultlibs that
   the compiler may generate; this seems to be a bug in GCC that linking
   fails with LTO even if these functions are present, because the
   symbols can be renamed on some targets by optimization)

Marek

Marek Behún (36):
  regmap: fix a serious pointer casting bug
  checkpatch: require quotes around section name in the __section()
    macro
  treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo")
  compiler.h: align the __ADDRESSABLE macro with Linux' version
  test/py: improve regular expression for ut subtest symbol matcher
  string: make memcpy(), memset(), memcmp() and memmove() visible for
    LTO
  efi_loader: fix warning when linking with LTO
  efi_loader: add Sphinx doc for __efi_runtime and __efi_runtime_data
  efi_loader: add macro for const EFI runtime data
  efi_selftest: compiler flags for efi_selftest_miniapp_exception.o
  lib: crc32: put the crc_table variable into efi_runtime_rodata section
  Makefile, Makefile.spl: cosmetic change
  build: use thin archives instead of incremental linking
  build: support building with Link Time Optimizations
  build: link with --build-id=none
  sandbox: errno: avoid conflict with libc's errno
  sandbox: use sections instead of symbols for getopt array boundaries
  sandbox: make LTO available
  sandbox: enable LTO by default
  ARM: global_data: make set_gd() work for armv5 and armv6
  ARM: make gd a function call for LTO and set via set_gd()
  ARM: fix LTO build for some thumb-interwork cases
  ARM: fix LTO for imx28_xea
  ARM: fix LTO for apf27
  ARM: fix LTO for keystone
  ARM: kona: fix clk_bsc_enable() type mismatch for LTO
  ARM: imx8m: fix imx_eqos_txclk_set_rate() type mismatch for LTO
  ARM: fix LTO for seaboard
  ARM: fix LTO for rockchip and samsung
  ARM: omap3: fix LTO for DM3730 (and possibly other omap3 boards)
  armv8: SPL: discard relocation information
  ata: ahci: fix ahci_link_up() type mismatch for LTO
  ARM: make LTO available
  ARM: don't use -ffunction-sections/-fdata-sections with LTO build
  ARM: don't use --gc-sections with LTO when using private libgcc
  ARM: enable LTO for some boards

 Kbuild                                     |  2 +
 Kconfig                                    | 24 +++++++
 Makefile                                   | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/Kconfig                               |  3 +
 arch/arm/config.mk                         | 10 ++-
 arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/Makefile            |  2 +
 arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxs.c           |  2 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/spl_boot.c      |  4 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/spl.c         |  2 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/kona-common/clk-stubs.c |  2 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/ls102xa_psci.c  |  2 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/spl_data.c              |  4 +-
 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds          |  1 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h         |  6 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/secure.h              |  6 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h               |  2 +-
 arch/arm/lib/Makefile                      |  3 +
 arch/arm/lib/sections.c                    | 31 +++++----
 arch/arm/lib/spl.c                         |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-at91/spl.c                   |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-exynos/spl_boot.c            |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/clock_imx8mm.c     |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c              |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_imx_romapi.c         | 16 ++---
 arch/arm/mach-k3/am642_init.c              |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c                |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-k3/j721e_init.c              |  4 +-
 arch/arm/mach-keystone/Makefile            |  1 +
 arch/arm/mach-mvebu/mbus.c                 |  4 +-
 arch/arm/mach-mvebu/timer.c                |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-nexell/clock.c               |  6 +-
 arch/arm/mach-nexell/timer.c               |  6 +-
 arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap3/Makefile         |  1 +
 arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c             |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c            |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c                |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c                |  2 +-
 arch/arm/mach-tegra/cboot.c                |  8 +--
 arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra20/Makefile       |  1 +
 arch/mips/mach-jz47xx/jz4780/jz4780.c      |  2 +-
 arch/nds32/include/asm/setup.h             |  6 +-
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h           |  4 +-
 arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c                       |  4 +-
 arch/sandbox/config.mk                     | 14 +++-
 arch/sandbox/cpu/os.c                      |  3 +-
 arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c                   |  3 +-
 arch/sandbox/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds            |  8 ++-
 arch/sandbox/cpu/u-boot.lds                |  8 ++-
 arch/sandbox/include/asm/getopt.h          |  2 +-
 arch/sandbox/include/asm/sections.h        | 21 +++++-
 arch/sandbox/lib/sections.c                |  9 +--
 arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/lib/coreboot/cb_sysinfo.c         |  2 +-
 arch/x86/lib/sections.c                    |  9 +--
 arch/xtensa/cpu/cpu.c                      |  2 +-
 board/bosch/shc/board.c                    |  2 +-
 board/broadcom/bcmstb/bcmstb.c             |  2 +-
 board/samsung/arndale/arndale_spl.c        |  2 +-
 board/samsung/common/exynos5-dt.c          |  2 +-
 board/samsung/smdk5250/smdk5250_spl.c      |  2 +-
 board/samsung/smdk5420/smdk5420_spl.c      |  2 +-
 board/siemens/draco/board.c                |  2 +-
 board/xilinx/common/fru_ops.c              |  2 +-
 configs/am3517_evm_defconfig               |  1 +
 configs/da850evm_defconfig                 |  1 +
 configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig      |  1 +
 configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig            |  1 +
 configs/imx6q_logic_defconfig              |  1 +
 configs/imx8mm_beacon_defconfig            |  1 +
 configs/imx8mm_venice_defconfig            |  1 +
 configs/imx8mn_beacon_2g_defconfig         |  1 +
 configs/imx8mn_beacon_defconfig            |  1 +
 configs/nokia_rx51_defconfig               |  1 +
 configs/omap3_logic_defconfig              |  1 +
 configs/r8a774a1_beacon_defconfig          |  1 +
 configs/r8a774b1_beacon_defconfig          |  1 +
 configs/r8a774e1_beacon_defconfig          |  1 +
 drivers/ata/ahci.c                         |  2 +-
 drivers/bios_emulator/biosemu.c            |  4 +-
 drivers/clk/kendryte/clk.c                 |  4 +-
 drivers/core/regmap.c                      | 59 +++++++++++++++-
 drivers/firmware/psci.c                    |  2 +-
 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand_spl.c        |  2 +-
 drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx5.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx7.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx8m.c        |  2 +-
 drivers/power/pmic/pmic_tps62362.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/power/pmic/pmic_tps65217.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/power/pmic/pmic_tps65218.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/power/pmic/pmic_tps65910.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/serial/serial_pl01x.c              |  4 +-
 include/efi_loader.h                       | 54 +++++++++++++--
 include/errno.h                            |  8 ++-
 include/linker_lists.h                     | 24 +++----
 include/linux/compiler.h                   | 10 +--
 include/linux/compiler_attributes.h        |  2 +-
 lib/crc32.c                                |  3 +-
 lib/efi_selftest/Makefile                  |  2 +
 lib/errno.c                                |  4 +-
 lib/string.c                               |  9 +--
 lib/trace.c                                |  4 +-
 scripts/Makefile.build                     | 16 ++---
 scripts/Makefile.lib                       |  3 +
 scripts/Makefile.spl                       | 63 +++++++++++++++--
 scripts/checkpatch.pl                      |  2 +-
 scripts/gen_ll_addressable_symbols.sh      | 12 ++++
 test/py/conftest.py                        |  2 +-
 107 files changed, 513 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/gen_ll_addressable_symbols.sh

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