This probably works but the compiler will use long calls when a relative
branch can't reach
the stub table. So, performance will degrade in large modules.
On 2018-04-20 5:13 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
As suggested by Nick Piggin it seems we can drop the -ffunction-sections
compile flag, now that the kernel uses thin archives.
Suggested-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
index 34ac503e28ad..3555cd1c0193 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ endif
# kernel.
cflags-y += -mdisable-fpregs
-# Without this, "ld -r" results in .text sections that are too big
-# (> 0x40000) for branches to reach stubs.
-cflags-y += -ffunction-sections
-
# Use long jumps instead of long branches (needed if your linker fails to
# link a too big vmlinux executable). Not enabled for building modules.
ifdef CONFIG_MLONGCALLS
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