On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have a git tree with other changes for LTO on ARM? I'd
> >> like to try that as well.
> >
> > I currently have only 2 other patches.
> >
> > You need commit 75fea300d73a that just hit mainline (you may cherry-pick
> > it easily if necessary).
>
> Ok, I apparently have that already by basing on today's linux-next.
OK. linux-next has had it for quite a while.
> > Then the following:
> >
> > ----- >8
> > Subject: [PATCH] HACK: enable LTO on ARM
> >
> > Without the ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS} move the build fails with missing
> > memcpy all over the place. Didn't figure it out yet.
>
> Added that now as well, thanks! I'll see what comes out of it.
I forgot: you'll need to hack your toolchain a bit too.
Here's the script I created to remember about the issue:
----- >8
#!/bin/bash
# work around https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78353
GCC_ROOT=/opt/gcc-linaro-6.3.1-2017.05-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf
set -e
set -x
cd $GCC_ROOT//arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin
[ -e fat-as ] && exit 1
mv as fat-as
cat > as << EOF
#!/bin/bash
exec -a "\$0" "\$(dirname "\$0")/fat-as" -mimplicit-it=always "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x as
8< -----
> Have you tried arm64 already? I suppose I could do the same change
> there and see what happens.
No, didn't try arm64.
Nicolas
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