linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc: Allow selection of CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:36:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc: Allow selection of
 CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION

This option does dead code and data elimination with the linker by
compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections and linking with
--gc-sections.

By selecting this option on mpc885_ads_defconfig,
vmlinux LOAD segment size gets reduced by 10%

Program Header before the patch:
    LOAD off    0x00010000 vaddr 0xc0000000 paddr 0x00000000 align 2**16
         filesz 0x0036eda4 memsz 0x0038de04 flags rwx

Program Header after the patch:
    LOAD off    0x00010000 vaddr 0xc0000000 paddr 0x00000000 align 2**16
         filesz 0x00316da4 memsz 0x00334268 flags rwx

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 8fe4353be5e3..e1fac49cf465 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -888,6 +888,14 @@ config PPC_MEM_KEYS
 
 	  If unsure, say y.
 
+config PPC_UNUSED_ELIMINATION
+	bool "Eliminate unused functions and data from vmlinux"
+	default n
+	select LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+	help
+	  Select this to do dead code and data elimination with the linker
+	  by compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections and linking
+	  with --gc-sections.
 endmenu
 
 config ISA_DMA_API
-- 
2.13.3