On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:31 AM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This change adds build system support for Clang's Link Time > Optimization (LTO). With -flto, instead of ELF object files, Clang > produces LLVM bitcode, which is compiled into native code at link > time, allowing the final binary to be optimized globally. For more > details, see: > > https://llvm.org/docs/LinkTimeOptimization.html > > The Kconfig option CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is implemented as a choice, > which defaults to LTO being disabled. To use LTO, the architecture > must select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG and support: > > - compiling with Clang, > - compiling inline assembly with Clang's integrated assembler, > - and linking with LLD. > > While using full LTO results in the best runtime performance, the > compilation is not scalable in time or memory. CONFIG_THINLTO > enables ThinLTO, which allows parallel optimization and faster > incremental builds. ThinLTO is used by default if the architecture > also selects ARCH_SUPPORTS_THINLTO: > > https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThinLTO.html > > To enable LTO, LLVM tools must be used to handle bitcode files. The > easiest way is to pass the LLVM=1 option to make: > > $ make LLVM=1 defconfig > $ scripts/config -e LTO_CLANG > $ make LLVM=1 > > Alternatively, at least the following LLVM tools must be used: > > CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm > > To prepare for LTO support with other compilers, common parts are > gated behind the CONFIG_LTO option, and LTO can be disabled for > specific files by filtering out CC_FLAGS_LTO. > > Note that support for DYNAMIC_FTRACE and MODVERSIONS are added in > follow-up patches. > > Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 18 +++++++- > arch/Kconfig | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 11 +++-- > scripts/Makefile.build | 9 +++- > scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 9 +++- > scripts/Makefile.modpost | 24 ++++++++++- > scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 32 +++++++++++---- > 7 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index a9dae26c93b5..dd49eaea7c25 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -909,6 +909,22 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CC_FLAGS_SCS) > export CC_FLAGS_SCS > endif > > +ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG > +ifdef CONFIG_THINLTO > +CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -flto=thin -fsplit-lto-unit > +KBUILD_LDFLAGS += --thinlto-cache-dir=.thinlto-cache > +else > +CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -flto > +endif > +CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG += -fvisibility=default > +endif > + > +ifdef CONFIG_LTO > +CC_FLAGS_LTO := $(CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG) $(CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG) is not used elsewhere. Why didn't you add the flags to CC_FLAGS_LTO directly? Will it be useful if LTO_GCC is supported ? > +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CC_FLAGS_LTO) > +export CC_FLAGS_LTO > +endif -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
