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authorSami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>2020-12-11 10:46:22 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-02-23 12:01:00 +0100
commit8b53e5f737bcf64226298c16c3920e7f0807ab94 (patch)
treedc0eaa87966ed8e7878ef302c9ecd11e5b8c523b /scripts
parent45102b538a9e0b244ede1007fd8dcc1a0d9a0627 (diff)
kbuild: lto: merge module sections
commit dd2776222abb9893e5b5c237a2c8c880d8854cee upstream. LLD always splits sections with LTO, which increases module sizes. This change adds linker script rules to merge the split sections in the final module. Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> 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/20201211184633.3213045-6-samitolvanen@google.com Cc: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rw-r--r--scripts/module.lds.S24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index 69b9b71a6a47..18d5b8423635 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ SECTIONS {
.init_array 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.init_array.*)) *(.init_array) }
__jump_table 0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__jump_table)) }
+
+ __patchable_function_entries : { *(__patchable_function_entries) }
+
+ /*
+ * With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, LLD always enables -fdata-sections and
+ * -ffunction-sections, which increases the size of the final module.
+ * Merge the split sections in the final binary.
+ */
+ .bss : {
+ *(.bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.bss..L*)
+ }
+
+ .data : {
+ *(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.data..L*)
+ }
+
+ .rodata : {
+ *(.rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+ *(.rodata..L*)
+ }
+
+ .text : { *(.text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*) }
}
/* bring in arch-specific sections */