On Wed, 20 May 2020 12:36:36 -0700 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As debug information gets larger and larger, it helps significantly save > the size of vmlinux images to compress the information in the debug > information sections. Note: this debug info is typically split off from > the final compressed kernel image, which is why vmlinux is what's used > in conjunction with GDB. Minimizing the debug info size should have no > impact on boot times, or final compressed kernel image size. > > All of the debug sections will have a `C` flag set. > $ readelf -S <object file> > > $ bloaty vmlinux.gcc75.compressed.dwarf4 -- \ > vmlinux.gcc75.uncompressed.dwarf4 > > FILE SIZE VM SIZE > -------------- -------------- > +0.0% +18 [ = ] 0 [Unmapped] > -73.3% -114Ki [ = ] 0 .debug_aranges > -76.2% -2.01Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_frame > -73.6% -2.89Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_str > -80.7% -4.66Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_abbrev > -82.9% -4.88Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_ranges > -70.5% -9.04Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_line > -79.3% -10.9Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_loc > -39.5% -88.6Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_info > -18.2% -123Mi [ = ] 0 TOTAL > > $ bloaty vmlinux.clang11.compressed.dwarf4 -- \ > vmlinux.clang11.uncompressed.dwarf4 > > FILE SIZE VM SIZE > -------------- -------------- > +0.0% +23 [ = ] 0 [Unmapped] > -65.6% -871 [ = ] 0 .debug_aranges > -77.4% -1.84Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_frame > -82.9% -2.33Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_abbrev > -73.1% -2.43Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_str > -84.8% -3.07Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_ranges > -65.9% -8.62Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_line > -86.2% -40.0Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_loc > -42.0% -64.1Mi [ = ] 0 .debug_info > -22.1% -122Mi [ = ] 0 TOTAL > > For x86_64 defconfig + LLVM=1 (before): > Elapsed (wall clock) time (h:mm:ss or m:ss): 3:22.03 > Maximum resident set size (kbytes): 43856 > > For x86_64 defconfig + LLVM=1 (after): > Elapsed (wall clock) time (h:mm:ss or m:ss): 3:32.52 > Maximum resident set size (kbytes): 1566776 I'm not sure who we're expecting to merge this, but I like shiny things ;) > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -822,6 +822,12 @@ DEBUG_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly) \ > $(call cc-option,-fno-var-tracking) > endif > > +ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED > +DEBUG_CFLAGS += -gz=zlib > +KBUILD_AFLAGS += -Wa,--compress-debug-sections=zlib > +KBUILD_LDFLAGS += --compress-debug-sections=zlib > +endif > + > KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS) > export DEBUG_CFLAGS > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug > index b8f023e054b9..5a423cbfaea4 100644 > --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug > +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug > @@ -225,6 +225,21 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED > DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too. > Only works with newer gcc versions. > > +config DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED > + bool "Compressed debugging information" > + depends on DEBUG_INFO > + depends on $(cc-option,-gz=zlib) > + depends on $(as-option,-Wa,--compress-debug-sections=zlib) > + depends on $(ld-option,--compress-debug-sections=zlib) huh, I didn't know kbuild/kconfig could do this. Does it all work as expected when cross-compiling? > + help > + Compress the debug information using zlib. Requires GCC 5.0+ or Clang > + 5.0+, binutils 2.26+, and zlib. > + > + Users of dpkg-deb via scripts/package/builddeb may > + wish to set the $KDEB_COMPRESS env var to "none" to avoid recompressing > + the debug info again with a different compression scheme, which can > + result in larger binaries. > +
