openwrt/target/linux/generic/hack-5.15/220-arm-gc_sections.patch
John Audia ec0ff928d9 kernel: bump 5.15 to 5.15.125
1. Add new symbols to generic config
2. Bump kernel
   Changelog: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/2023080818-groin-gradient-a031@gregkh/

   All patches automatically rebased.

Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
[Refreshed on top of OpenWrt 23.05]
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
(cherry picked from commit daed3322d3)
2023-08-10 21:07:50 +02:00

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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
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ config ARM
select HAVE_UID16
select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
+ 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
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ endif
ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_OF),y)
OBJS += $(libfdt_objs) fdt_check_mem_start.o
endif
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := $(patsubst -f%-sections,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL))
# -fstack-protector-strong triggers protection checks in this code,
# but it is being used too early to link to meaningful stack_chk logic.
--- 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); \