On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This requires further changes to linker script to KEEP some tables
> and wildcard compiler generated sections into the right place. This
> includes pp32 modifications from Christophe Leroy.
>
> When compiling powernv_defconfig with this option, the resulting
> kernel is almost 400kB smaller (and still boots):
>
> text data bss dec filename
> 11827621 4810490 1341080 17979191 vmlinux
> 11752437 4598858 1338776 17690071 vmlinux.dcde
>
> Mathieu's numbers for custom Mac Mini G4 config has almost 200kB
Technically this is an oldconfig from debian original config file
(debian official powerpc kernel package)... tested on a mac mini g4.
> saving. It also had some increase in vmlinux size for as-yet
> unknown reasons.
>
> text data bss dec filename
> 7461457 2475122 1428064 11364643 vmlinux
> 7386425 2364370 1425432 11176227 vmlinux.dcde
>
> Tested-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> [8xx]
> Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> [32-bit powermac]
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index c32a181a7cbb..ee6dbe2efc8b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ config PPC
> select HAVE_KPROBES
> select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
> select HAVE_KRETPROBES
> + select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
> select HAVE_LIVEPATCH if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
> select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
> select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index c8af90ff49f0..52a93cdd04bc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
> */
> .text BLOCK(0) : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> #ifdef CONFIG_LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH
> - *(.linker_stub_catch);
> + KEEP(*(.linker_stub_catch));
> . = . ;
> #endif
>
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
> ALIGN_FUNCTION();
> #endif
> /* careful! __ftr_alt_* sections need to be close to .text */
> - *(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
> + *(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
> SCHED_TEXT
> CPUIDLE_TEXT
> LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ SECTIONS
> .init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> INIT_DATA
> __vtop_table_begin = .;
> - *(.vtop_fixup);
> + KEEP(*(.vtop_fixup));
> __vtop_table_end = .;
> __ptov_table_begin = .;
> - *(.ptov_fixup);
> + KEEP(*(.ptov_fixup));
> __ptov_table_end = .;
> }
>
> @@ -194,26 +194,26 @@ SECTIONS
> . = ALIGN(8);
> __ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __start___ftr_fixup = .;
> - *(__ftr_fixup)
> + KEEP(*(__ftr_fixup))
> __stop___ftr_fixup = .;
> }
> . = ALIGN(8);
> __mmu_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__mmu_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __start___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
> - *(__mmu_ftr_fixup)
> + KEEP(*(__mmu_ftr_fixup))
> __stop___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
> }
> . = ALIGN(8);
> __lwsync_fixup : AT(ADDR(__lwsync_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __start___lwsync_fixup = .;
> - *(__lwsync_fixup)
> + KEEP(*(__lwsync_fixup))
> __stop___lwsync_fixup = .;
> }
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> . = ALIGN(8);
> __fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __start___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
> - *(__fw_ftr_fixup)
> + KEEP(*(__fw_ftr_fixup))
> __stop___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
> }
> #endif
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ SECTIONS
> . = ALIGN(8);
> .machine.desc : AT(ADDR(.machine.desc) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __machine_desc_start = . ;
> - *(.machine.desc)
> + KEEP(*(.machine.desc))
> __machine_desc_end = . ;
> }
> #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ SECTIONS
> .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> DATA_DATA
> *(.data.rel*)
> - *(.sdata)
> + *(SDATA_MAIN)
> *(.sdata2)
> *(.got.plt) *(.got)
> *(.plt)
> @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ SECTIONS
>
> .opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __start_opd = .;
> - *(.opd)
> + KEEP(*(.opd))
> __end_opd = .;
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.0
>
