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<title>linux-toradex.git/Makefile, branch v6.10-rc2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Linux 6.10-rc2</title>
<updated>2024-06-02T22:44:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-02T22:44:56+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>Linux 6.10-rc1</title>
<updated>2024-05-26T22:20:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-26T22:20:12+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>arch: add ARCH_HAS_KERNEL_FPU_SUPPORT</title>
<updated>2024-05-19T21:36:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Samuel Holland</name>
<email>samuel.holland@sifive.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-29T07:18:16+00:00</published>
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Several architectures provide an API to enable the FPU and run
floating-point SIMD code in kernel space.  However, the function names,
header locations, and semantics are inconsistent across architectures, and
FPU support may be gated behind other Kconfig options.

provide a standard way for architectures to declare that kernel space
FPU support is available. Architectures selecting this option must
implement what is currently the most common API (kernel_fpu_begin() and
kernel_fpu_end(), plus a new function kernel_fpu_available()) and
provide the appropriate CFLAGS for compiling floating-point C code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240329072441.591471-2-samuel.holland@sifive.com
Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland &lt;samuel.holland@sifive.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Christian König &lt;christian.koenig@amd.com&gt; 
Cc: Alex Deucher &lt;alexander.deucher@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jonathan Corbet &lt;corbet@lwn.net&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt &lt;palmer@rivosinc.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: WANG Xuerui &lt;git@xen0n.name&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Several architectures provide an API to enable the FPU and run
floating-point SIMD code in kernel space.  However, the function names,
header locations, and semantics are inconsistent across architectures, and
FPU support may be gated behind other Kconfig options.

provide a standard way for architectures to declare that kernel space
FPU support is available. Architectures selecting this option must
implement what is currently the most common API (kernel_fpu_begin() and
kernel_fpu_end(), plus a new function kernel_fpu_available()) and
provide the appropriate CFLAGS for compiling floating-point C code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240329072441.591471-2-samuel.holland@sifive.com
Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland &lt;samuel.holland@sifive.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Christian König &lt;christian.koenig@amd.com&gt; 
Cc: Alex Deucher &lt;alexander.deucher@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jonathan Corbet &lt;corbet@lwn.net&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt &lt;palmer@rivosinc.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: WANG Xuerui &lt;git@xen0n.name&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2024-05-18T19:39:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-18T19:39:20+00:00</published>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Avoid 'constexpr', which is a keyword in C23

 - Allow 'dtbs_check' and 'dt_compatible_check' run independently of
   'dt_binding_check'

 - Fix weak references to avoid GOT entries in position-independent code
   generation

 - Convert the last use of 'optional' property in arch/sh/Kconfig

 - Remove support for the 'optional' property in Kconfig

 - Remove support for Clang's ThinLTO caching, which does not work with
   the .incbin directive

 - Change the semantics of $(src) so it always points to the source
   directory, which fixes Makefile inconsistencies between upstream and
   downstream

 - Fix 'make tar-pkg' for RISC-V to produce a consistent package

 - Provide reasonable default coverage for objtool, sanitizers, and
   profilers

 - Remove redundant OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD, KASAN_SANITIZE, etc.

 - Remove the last use of tristate choice in drivers/rapidio/Kconfig

 - Various cleanups and fixes in Kconfig

* tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (46 commits)
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in sym_check_prop()
  rapidio: remove choice for enumeration
  kconfig: lxdialog: remove initialization with A_NORMAL
  kconfig: m/nconf: merge two item_add_str() calls
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display value of bool choice
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display children of choice members
  kconfig: gconf: show checkbox for choice correctly
  kbuild: use GCOV_PROFILE and KCSAN_SANITIZE in scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  Makefile: remove redundant tool coverage variables
  kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool coverage
  modules: Drop the .export_symbol section from the final modules
  kconfig: use menu_list_for_each_sym() in sym_check_choice_deps()
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in conf_write_defconfig()
  kconfig: add sym_get_choice_menu() helper
  kconfig: turn defaults and additional prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn missing prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn conf_choice() into void function
  kconfig: use linked list in sym_set_changed()
  kconfig: gconf: use MENU_CHANGED instead of SYMBOL_CHANGED
  kconfig: gconf: remove debug code
  ...
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Avoid 'constexpr', which is a keyword in C23

 - Allow 'dtbs_check' and 'dt_compatible_check' run independently of
   'dt_binding_check'

 - Fix weak references to avoid GOT entries in position-independent code
   generation

 - Convert the last use of 'optional' property in arch/sh/Kconfig

 - Remove support for the 'optional' property in Kconfig

 - Remove support for Clang's ThinLTO caching, which does not work with
   the .incbin directive

 - Change the semantics of $(src) so it always points to the source
   directory, which fixes Makefile inconsistencies between upstream and
   downstream

 - Fix 'make tar-pkg' for RISC-V to produce a consistent package

 - Provide reasonable default coverage for objtool, sanitizers, and
   profilers

 - Remove redundant OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD, KASAN_SANITIZE, etc.

 - Remove the last use of tristate choice in drivers/rapidio/Kconfig

 - Various cleanups and fixes in Kconfig

* tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (46 commits)
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in sym_check_prop()
  rapidio: remove choice for enumeration
  kconfig: lxdialog: remove initialization with A_NORMAL
  kconfig: m/nconf: merge two item_add_str() calls
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display value of bool choice
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display children of choice members
  kconfig: gconf: show checkbox for choice correctly
  kbuild: use GCOV_PROFILE and KCSAN_SANITIZE in scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  Makefile: remove redundant tool coverage variables
  kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool coverage
  modules: Drop the .export_symbol section from the final modules
  kconfig: use menu_list_for_each_sym() in sym_check_choice_deps()
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in conf_write_defconfig()
  kconfig: add sym_get_choice_menu() helper
  kconfig: turn defaults and additional prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn missing prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn conf_choice() into void function
  kconfig: use linked list in sym_set_changed()
  kconfig: gconf: use MENU_CHANGED instead of SYMBOL_CHANGED
  kconfig: gconf: remove debug code
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Linux 6.9</title>
<updated>2024-05-12T21:12:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-12T21:12:29+00:00</published>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: add 'private' to target-specific variables</title>
<updated>2024-05-09T19:34:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-27T15:32:53+00:00</published>
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Currently, Kbuild produces inconsistent results in some cases.

You can do an interesting experiment using the --shuffle option, which
is supported by GNU Make 4.4 or later.

Set CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y and CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m (or vice versa), and repeat
incremental builds w/wo --shuffle=reverse.

  $ make
    [ snip ]
    CC      arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

  $ make --shuffle=reverse
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

  $ make
    [ snip ]
    CC      arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is rebuilt every time w/wo the [M] marker.

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is built as built-in when it is built as
a prerequisite of arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.o, which is built-in.

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is built as modular when it is built as
a prerequisite of arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.o, which is a module.

Another odd example is single target builds.

When CONFIG_LKDTM=m, drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o can be built as
built-in or modular, depending on how it is built.

  $ make drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.o
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o

  $ make drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o
    [ snip ]
    CC      drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o

drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o is built as modular when it is built as a
prerequisite of another, but built as built-in when it is a final
target.

The same thing happens to drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s when
CONFIG_TI_EMIF_SRAM=m.

  $ make drivers/memory/ti-emif-sram.o
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s

  $ make drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s
    [ snip ]
    CC      drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s

This is because the part-of-module=y flag defined for the modules is
inherited by its prerequisites.

Target-specific variables are likely intended only for local use.
This commit adds 'private' to them.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;n.schier@avm.de&gt;
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Currently, Kbuild produces inconsistent results in some cases.

You can do an interesting experiment using the --shuffle option, which
is supported by GNU Make 4.4 or later.

Set CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y and CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m (or vice versa), and repeat
incremental builds w/wo --shuffle=reverse.

  $ make
    [ snip ]
    CC      arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

  $ make --shuffle=reverse
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

  $ make
    [ snip ]
    CC      arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is rebuilt every time w/wo the [M] marker.

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is built as built-in when it is built as
a prerequisite of arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.o, which is built-in.

arch/x86/kvm/kvm-asm-offsets.s is built as modular when it is built as
a prerequisite of arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.o, which is a module.

Another odd example is single target builds.

When CONFIG_LKDTM=m, drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o can be built as
built-in or modular, depending on how it is built.

  $ make drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.o
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o

  $ make drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o
    [ snip ]
    CC      drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o

drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.o is built as modular when it is built as a
prerequisite of another, but built as built-in when it is a final
target.

The same thing happens to drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s when
CONFIG_TI_EMIF_SRAM=m.

  $ make drivers/memory/ti-emif-sram.o
    [ snip ]
    CC [M]  drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s

  $ make drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s
    [ snip ]
    CC      drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s

This is because the part-of-module=y flag defined for the modules is
inherited by its prerequisites.

Target-specific variables are likely intended only for local use.
This commit adds 'private' to them.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;n.schier@avm.de&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: remove redundant $(wildcard ) for rm-files</title>
<updated>2024-05-09T19:34:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-27T15:32:52+00:00</published>
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The $(wildcard ) is called in quiet_cmd_rmfiles.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;n.schier@avm.de&gt;
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The $(wildcard ) is called in quiet_cmd_rmfiles.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;n.schier@avm.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory</title>
<updated>2024-05-09T19:34:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-27T14:55:02+00:00</published>
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Kbuild conventionally uses $(obj)/ for generated files, and $(src)/ for
checked-in source files. It is merely a convention without any functional
difference. In fact, $(obj) and $(src) are exactly the same, as defined
in scripts/Makefile.build:

    src := $(obj)

When the kernel is built in a separate output directory, $(src) does
not accurately reflect the source directory location. While Kbuild
resolves this discrepancy by specifying VPATH=$(srctree) to search for
source files, it does not cover all cases. For example, when adding a
header search path for local headers, -I$(srctree)/$(src) is typically
passed to the compiler.

This introduces inconsistency between upstream and downstream Makefiles
because $(src) is used instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for the latter.

To address this inconsistency, this commit changes the semantics of
$(src) so that it always points to the directory in the source tree.

Going forward, the variables used in Makefiles will have the following
meanings:

  $(obj)     - directory in the object tree
  $(src)     - directory in the source tree  (changed by this commit)
  $(objtree) - the top of the kernel object tree
  $(srctree) - the top of the kernel source tree

Consequently, $(srctree)/$(src) in upstream Makefiles need to be replaced
with $(src).

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
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<pre>
Kbuild conventionally uses $(obj)/ for generated files, and $(src)/ for
checked-in source files. It is merely a convention without any functional
difference. In fact, $(obj) and $(src) are exactly the same, as defined
in scripts/Makefile.build:

    src := $(obj)

When the kernel is built in a separate output directory, $(src) does
not accurately reflect the source directory location. While Kbuild
resolves this discrepancy by specifying VPATH=$(srctree) to search for
source files, it does not cover all cases. For example, when adding a
header search path for local headers, -I$(srctree)/$(src) is typically
passed to the compiler.

This introduces inconsistency between upstream and downstream Makefiles
because $(src) is used instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for the latter.

To address this inconsistency, this commit changes the semantics of
$(src) so that it always points to the directory in the source tree.

Going forward, the variables used in Makefiles will have the following
meanings:

  $(obj)     - directory in the object tree
  $(src)     - directory in the source tree  (changed by this commit)
  $(objtree) - the top of the kernel object tree
  $(srctree) - the top of the kernel source tree

Consequently, $(srctree)/$(src) in upstream Makefiles need to be replaced
with $(src).

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Linux 6.9-rc7</title>
<updated>2024-05-05T21:06:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-05T21:06:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=dd5a440a31fae6e459c0d6271dddd62825505361'/>
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</content>
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<pre>
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: Remove support for Clang's ThinLTO caching</title>
<updated>2024-05-02T11:09:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nathan Chancellor</name>
<email>nathan@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-01T22:55:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=aba091547ef6159d52471f42a3ef531b7b660ed8'/>
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There is an issue in clang's ThinLTO caching (enabled for the kernel via
'--thinlto-cache-dir') with .incbin, which the kernel occasionally uses
to include data within the kernel, such as the .config file for
/proc/config.gz. For example, when changing the .config and rebuilding
vmlinux, the copy of .config in vmlinux does not match the copy of
.config in the build folder:

  $ echo 'CONFIG_LTO_NONE=n
  CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y
  CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y' &gt;kernel/configs/repro.config

  $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 clean defconfig repro.config vmlinux
  ...

  $ grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL .config
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

  $ scripts/extract-ikconfig vmlinux | grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

  $ scripts/config -d HEADERS_INSTALL

  $ make -kj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 vmlinux
  ...
    UPD     kernel/config_data
    GZIP    kernel/config_data.gz
    CC      kernel/configs.o
  ...
    LD      vmlinux
  ...

  $ grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL .config
  # CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL is not set

  $ scripts/extract-ikconfig vmlinux | grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

Without '--thinlto-cache-dir' or when using full LTO, this issue does
not occur.

Benchmarking incremental builds on a few different machines with and
without the cache shows a 20% increase in incremental build time without
the cache when measured by touching init/main.c and running 'make all'.

ARCH=arm64 defconfig + CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y on an arm64 host:

  Benchmark 1: With ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     56.347 s ±  0.163 s    [User: 83.768 s, System: 24.661 s]
    Range (min … max):   56.109 s … 56.594 s    10 runs

  Benchmark 2: Without ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     67.740 s ±  0.479 s    [User: 718.458 s, System: 31.797 s]
    Range (min … max):   67.059 s … 68.556 s    10 runs

  Summary
    With ThinLTO cache ran
      1.20 ± 0.01 times faster than Without ThinLTO cache

ARCH=x86_64 defconfig + CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y on an x86_64 host:

  Benchmark 1: With ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     85.772 s ±  0.252 s    [User: 91.505 s, System: 8.408 s]
    Range (min … max):   85.447 s … 86.244 s    10 runs

  Benchmark 2: Without ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     103.833 s ±  0.288 s    [User: 232.058 s, System: 8.569 s]
    Range (min … max):   103.286 s … 104.124 s    10 runs

  Summary
    With ThinLTO cache ran
      1.21 ± 0.00 times faster than Without ThinLTO cache

While it is unfortunate to take this performance improvement off the
table, correctness is more important. If/when this is fixed in LLVM, it
can potentially be brought back in a conditional manner. Alternatively,
a developer can just disable LTO if doing incremental compiles quickly
is important, as a full compile cycle can still take over a minute even
with the cache and it is unlikely that LTO will result in functional
differences for a kernel change.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
Reported-by: Yifan Hong &lt;elsk@google.com&gt;
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2021
Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220327115526.cc4b0ff55fc53c97683c3e4d@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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There is an issue in clang's ThinLTO caching (enabled for the kernel via
'--thinlto-cache-dir') with .incbin, which the kernel occasionally uses
to include data within the kernel, such as the .config file for
/proc/config.gz. For example, when changing the .config and rebuilding
vmlinux, the copy of .config in vmlinux does not match the copy of
.config in the build folder:

  $ echo 'CONFIG_LTO_NONE=n
  CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y
  CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y' &gt;kernel/configs/repro.config

  $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 clean defconfig repro.config vmlinux
  ...

  $ grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL .config
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

  $ scripts/extract-ikconfig vmlinux | grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

  $ scripts/config -d HEADERS_INSTALL

  $ make -kj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 vmlinux
  ...
    UPD     kernel/config_data
    GZIP    kernel/config_data.gz
    CC      kernel/configs.o
  ...
    LD      vmlinux
  ...

  $ grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL .config
  # CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL is not set

  $ scripts/extract-ikconfig vmlinux | grep CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
  CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y

Without '--thinlto-cache-dir' or when using full LTO, this issue does
not occur.

Benchmarking incremental builds on a few different machines with and
without the cache shows a 20% increase in incremental build time without
the cache when measured by touching init/main.c and running 'make all'.

ARCH=arm64 defconfig + CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y on an arm64 host:

  Benchmark 1: With ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     56.347 s ±  0.163 s    [User: 83.768 s, System: 24.661 s]
    Range (min … max):   56.109 s … 56.594 s    10 runs

  Benchmark 2: Without ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     67.740 s ±  0.479 s    [User: 718.458 s, System: 31.797 s]
    Range (min … max):   67.059 s … 68.556 s    10 runs

  Summary
    With ThinLTO cache ran
      1.20 ± 0.01 times faster than Without ThinLTO cache

ARCH=x86_64 defconfig + CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN=y on an x86_64 host:

  Benchmark 1: With ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     85.772 s ±  0.252 s    [User: 91.505 s, System: 8.408 s]
    Range (min … max):   85.447 s … 86.244 s    10 runs

  Benchmark 2: Without ThinLTO cache
    Time (mean ± σ):     103.833 s ±  0.288 s    [User: 232.058 s, System: 8.569 s]
    Range (min … max):   103.286 s … 104.124 s    10 runs

  Summary
    With ThinLTO cache ran
      1.21 ± 0.00 times faster than Without ThinLTO cache

While it is unfortunate to take this performance improvement off the
table, correctness is more important. If/when this is fixed in LLVM, it
can potentially be brought back in a conditional manner. Alternatively,
a developer can just disable LTO if doing incremental compiles quickly
is important, as a full compile cycle can still take over a minute even
with the cache and it is unlikely that LTO will result in functional
differences for a kernel change.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
Reported-by: Yifan Hong &lt;elsk@google.com&gt;
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2021
Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220327115526.cc4b0ff55fc53c97683c3e4d@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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