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x86/build: Mostly disable '-maccumulate-outgoing-args'

The GCC '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' flag is enabled for most configs, mostly because of issues which are no longer relevant. For most configs, and with most recent versions of GCC, it's no longer needed. Clarify which cases need it, and only enable it for those cases. Also produce a compile-time error for the ftrace graph + mcount + '-Os' case, which will otherwise cause runtime failures. The main benefit of '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' is that it prevents an ugly prologue for functions which have aligned stacks. But removing the option also has some benefits: more readable argument saves, smaller text size, and (presumably) slightly improved performance. Here are the object size savings for 32-bit and 64-bit defconfig kernels: text data bss dec hex filename 10006710 3543328 1773568 15323606 e9d1d6 vmlinux.x86-32.before 9706358 3547424 1773568 15027350 e54c96 vmlinux.x86-32.after text data bss dec hex filename 10652105 4537576 843776 16033457 f4a6b1 vmlinux.x86-64.before 10639629 4537576 843776 16020981 f475f5 vmlinux.x86-64.after That comes out to a 3% text size improvement on x86-32 and a 0.1% text size improvement on x86-64.

Josh Poimboeuf committed 9 years ago

Commit 3f135e51 parent a46f60d4 files · +41 −22Browse files

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  1. arch/x86/Makefile +31 −4
  2. arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu +0 −18
  3. arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c +6 −0
  4. scripts/Kbuild.include +4 −0
arch/x86/Makefile+31−4
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ else · 119 unmodified lines
120120 # -funit-at-a-time shrinks the kernel .text considerably
121121 # unfortunately it makes reading oopses harder.
122122 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-funit-at-a-time)
123−
124− # this works around some issues with generating unwind tables in older gccs
125− # newer gccs do it by default
126− KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args)
127123 endif
128124
129125 ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
@@ -147,6 +143,37 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK),y) · 17 unmodified lines
147143 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-builtin-memcpy)
148144 endif
149145
146+#
147+# If the function graph tracer is used with mcount instead of fentry,
148+# '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' is needed to prevent a GCC bug
149+# (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42109)
150+#
151+ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
152+ ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY
153+ ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := 1
154+ else
155+ ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn, -mfentry), n)
156+ ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := 1
157+ endif
158+ endif
159+endif
160+
161+#
162+# Jump labels need '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' for gcc < 4.5.2 to prevent a
163+# GCC bug (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46226). There's no way
164+# to test for this bug at compile-time because the test case needs to execute,
165+# which is a no-go for cross compilers. So check the GCC version instead.
166+#
167+ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
168+ ifneq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
169+ ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS = $(call cc-if-fullversion, -lt, 040502, 1)
170+ endif
171+endif
172+
173+ifeq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
174+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -maccumulate-outgoing-args
175+endif
176+
150177 # Stackpointer is addressed different for 32 bit and 64 bit x86
151178 sp-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := esp
152179 sp-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := rsp
arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu+0−18
@@ -45,24 +45,6 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODE_LX) += $(call cc-option,-march=geode,-march=pentium-mmx) · 44 unmodified lines
4545 # cpu entries
4646 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_GENERIC) += $(call tune,generic,$(call tune,i686))
4747
48−# Work around the pentium-mmx code generator madness of gcc4.4.x which
49−# does stack alignment by generating horrible code _before_ the mcount
50−# prologue (push %ebp, mov %esp, %ebp) which breaks the function graph
51−# tracer assumptions. For i686, generic, core2 this is set by the
52−# compiler anyway
53−ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER), y)
54−ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := y
55−endif
56−
57−# Work around to a bug with asm goto with first implementations of it
58−# in gcc causing gcc to mess up the push and pop of the stack in some
59−# uses of asm goto.
60−ifeq ($(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL), y)
61−ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := y
62−endif
63−
64−cflags-$(ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS) += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args)
65−
6648 # Bug fix for binutils: this option is required in order to keep
6749 # binutils from generating NOPL instructions against our will.
6850 ifneq ($(CONFIG_X86_P6_NOP),y)
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c+6−0
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ · 28 unmodified lines
2929 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
3030 #include <asm/nops.h>
3131
32+#if defined(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) && \
33+ !defined(CC_USING_FENTRY) && \
34+ !defined(CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE)
35+# error The following combination is not supported: ((compiler missing -mfentry) || (CONFIG_X86_32 and !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)) && CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER && CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
36+#endif
37+
3238 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
3339
3440 int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
scripts/Kbuild.include+4−0
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ cc-fullversion = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) \ · 147 unmodified lines
148148 # Usage: EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
149149 cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(cc-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
150150
151+# cc-if-fullversion
152+# Usage: EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-if-fullversion, -lt, 040502, -O1)
153+cc-if-fullversion = $(shell [ $(cc-fullversion) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
154+
151155 # cc-ldoption
152156 # Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both)
153157 cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\

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