When the -ffunction-sections compiler option is enabled, each function is placed in a separate section named .text.function_name rather than putting all functions in a single .text section. However, using -function-sections can cause problems with the linker script. The comments included in include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h note these issues.: “TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted to use ".." first.” It is unclear whether there is a straightforward method for converting a suffix to "..". This patch modifies the order of subsections within the text output section. Specifically, it repositions sections with certain fixed patterns (for example .text.unlikely) before TEXT_MAIN, ensuring that they are grouped and matched together. It also places .text.hot section at the beginning of a page to help the TLB performance. Note that the limitation arises because the linker script employs glob patterns instead of regular expressions for string matching. While there is a method to maintain the current order using complex patterns, this significantly complicates the pattern and increases the likelihood of errors. Co-developed-by: Han Shen <shenhan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Han Shen <shenhan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rong Xu <xur@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny <kpszeniczny@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index eeadbaeccf88..fd901951549c 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -553,19 +553,24 @@ * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map * - * TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead - * code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted - * to use ".." first. + * TEXT_MAIN here will match symbols with a fixed pattern (for example, + * .text.hot or .text.unlikely) if dead code elimination or + * function-section is enabled. Match these symbols first before + * TEXT_MAIN to ensure they are grouped together. + * + * Also placing .text.hot section at the beginning of a page, this + * would help the TLB performance. */ #define TEXT_TEXT \ ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \ + *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*) \ + *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*) \ + *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) \ + . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \ *(.text.hot .text.hot.*) \ *(TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup) \ - *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) \ - *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*) \ NOINSTR_TEXT \ - *(.ref.text) \ - *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*) + *(.ref.text) /* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same -- 2.47.0.105.g07ac214952-goog
