openwrt/target/linux/generic/hack-6.1/220-arm-gc_sections.patch

From e3d8676f5722b7622685581e06e8f53e6138e3ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:42:36 +0200
Subject: use -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and --gc-sections

In combination with kernel symbol export stripping this significantly reduces
the kernel image size. Used on both ARM and MIPS architectures.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski <jogo@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
---
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
 	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
+	select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
 	select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE if OF
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_OF),y)
 OBJS	+= $(libfdt_objs) fdt_check_mem_start.o
 endif
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := $(patsubst -f%-sections,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL))
 
 OBJS	+= lib1funcs.o ashldi3.o bswapsdi2.o
 
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ex_table = .;
-		ARM_MMU_KEEP(*(__ex_table))
+		KEEP(*(__ex_table))
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
 
@@ -100,24 +100,24 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	.init.arch.info : {
 		__arch_info_begin = .;
-		*(.arch.info.init)
+		KEEP(*(.arch.info.init))
 		__arch_info_end = .;
 	}
 	.init.tagtable : {
 		__tagtable_begin = .;
-		*(.taglist.init)
+		KEEP(*(.taglist.init))
 		__tagtable_end = .;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
 	.init.smpalt : {
 		__smpalt_begin = .;
-		*(.alt.smp.init)
+		KEEP(*(.alt.smp.init))
 		__smpalt_end = .;
 	}
 #endif
 	.init.pv_table : {
 		__pv_table_begin = .;
-		*(.pv_table)
+		KEEP(*(.pv_table))
 		__pv_table_end = .;
 	}
 
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
 #define PROC_INFO							\
 		. = ALIGN(4);						\
 		__proc_info_begin = .;					\
-		*(.proc.info.init)					\
+		KEEP(*(.proc.info.init))				\
 		__proc_info_end = .;
 
 #define IDMAP_TEXT							\
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();					\
 		__idmap_text_start = .;					\
-		*(.idmap.text)						\
+		KEEP(*(.idmap.text))					\
 		__idmap_text_end = .;					\
 
 #define ARM_DISCARD							\
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	.ARM.unwind_idx : {						\
 		__start_unwind_idx = .;					\
-		*(.ARM.exidx*)						\
+		KEEP(*(.ARM.exidx*))					\
 		__stop_unwind_idx = .;					\
 	}								\
 	.ARM.unwind_tab : {						\
 		__start_unwind_tab = .;					\
-		*(.ARM.extab*)						\
+		KEEP(*(.ARM.extab*))					\
 		__stop_unwind_tab = .;					\
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 	__vectors_lma = .;						\
 	OVERLAY 0xffff0000 : NOCROSSREFS AT(__vectors_lma) {		\
 		.vectors {						\
-			*(.vectors)					\
+			KEEP(*(.vectors))				\
 		}							\
 		.vectors.bhb.loop8 {					\
 			*(.vectors.bhb.loop8)				\
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 									\
 	__stubs_lma = .;						\
 	.stubs ADDR(.vectors) + 0x1000 : AT(__stubs_lma) {		\
-		*(.stubs)						\
+		KEEP(*(.stubs))						\
 	}								\
 	ARM_LMA(__stubs, .stubs);					\
 	. = __stubs_lma + SIZEOF(.stubs);				\