powerpc: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selected

This requires further changes to linker script to KEEP some tables
and wildcard compiler generated sections into the right place. This
includes pp32 modifications from Christophe Leroy.

When compiling powernv_defconfig with this option, the resulting
kernel is almost 400kB smaller (and still boots):

    text      data       bss        dec   filename
11827621   4810490   1341080   17979191   vmlinux
11752437   4598858   1338776   17690071   vmlinux.dcde

Mathieu's numbers for custom Mac Mini G4 config has almost 200kB
saving. It also had some increase in vmlinux size for as-yet
unknown reasons.

    text      data       bss        dec   filename
 7461457   2475122   1428064   11364643   vmlinux
 7386425   2364370   1425432   11176227   vmlinux.dcde

Tested-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> [8xx]
Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> [32-bit powermac]
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index c32a181a7cbbfc30ab9c55d925d89a282857bbf3..ee6dbe2efc8bc314e2b75f3c08c45c46f6618566 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ config PPC
        select HAVE_KPROBES
        select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
        select HAVE_KRETPROBES
+       select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
        select HAVE_LIVEPATCH                   if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
        select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
        select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c8af90ff49f0526630ffb938c9c5d48cd0279933..52a93cdd04bc9a6a5bae35a12b00476befcbfbd6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
         */
        .text BLOCK(0) : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH
-               *(.linker_stub_catch);
+               KEEP(*(.linker_stub_catch));
                . = . ;
 #endif
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
                ALIGN_FUNCTION();
 #endif
                /* careful! __ftr_alt_* sections need to be close to .text */
-               *(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
+               *(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
                SCHED_TEXT
                CPUIDLE_TEXT
                LOCK_TEXT
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ SECTIONS
        .init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                INIT_DATA
                __vtop_table_begin = .;
-               *(.vtop_fixup);
+               KEEP(*(.vtop_fixup));
                __vtop_table_end = .;
                __ptov_table_begin = .;
-               *(.ptov_fixup);
+               KEEP(*(.ptov_fixup));
                __ptov_table_end = .;
        }
 
@@ -194,26 +194,26 @@ SECTIONS
        . = ALIGN(8);
        __ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __start___ftr_fixup = .;
-               *(__ftr_fixup)
+               KEEP(*(__ftr_fixup))
                __stop___ftr_fixup = .;
        }
        . = ALIGN(8);
        __mmu_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__mmu_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __start___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
-               *(__mmu_ftr_fixup)
+               KEEP(*(__mmu_ftr_fixup))
                __stop___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
        }
        . = ALIGN(8);
        __lwsync_fixup : AT(ADDR(__lwsync_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __start___lwsync_fixup = .;
-               *(__lwsync_fixup)
+               KEEP(*(__lwsync_fixup))
                __stop___lwsync_fixup = .;
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
        . = ALIGN(8);
        __fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __start___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
-               *(__fw_ftr_fixup)
+               KEEP(*(__fw_ftr_fixup))
                __stop___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
        }
 #endif
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ SECTIONS
        . = ALIGN(8);
        .machine.desc : AT(ADDR(.machine.desc) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __machine_desc_start = . ;
-               *(.machine.desc)
+               KEEP(*(.machine.desc))
                __machine_desc_end = . ;
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ SECTIONS
        .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                DATA_DATA
                *(.data.rel*)
-               *(.sdata)
+               *(SDATA_MAIN)
                *(.sdata2)
                *(.got.plt) *(.got)
                *(.plt)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
        .opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                __start_opd = .;
-               *(.opd)
+               KEEP(*(.opd))
                __end_opd = .;
        }