linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] x86/purgatory: don't generate debug info for purgatory.ro

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Message-ID: <20200806113315.GA2492@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 19:33:15 +0800
From:   Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
To:     Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] x86/purgatory: don't generate debug info for
 purgatory.ro

On 08/03/20 at 01:49pm, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> Purgatory.ro is a standalone binary that is not linked against the rest of
> the kernel.  Its image is copied into an array that is linked to the
> kernel, and from there kexec relocates it wherever it desires.
> 
> Unlike the debug info for vmlinux, which can be used for analyzing crash
> such info is useless in purgatory.ro. And discarding them can save about
> 200K space.
> 
> Original:
>   259080  kexec-purgatory.o
> Stripped debug info:
>    29152  kexec-purgatory.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
> Cc: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
> To: x86@...nel.org
> ---
>  arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> index 088bd76..d24b43a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>  # make up the standalone purgatory.ro
>  
>  PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE := -mcmodel=kernel
> -PURGATORY_CFLAGS := -mcmodel=large -ffreestanding -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss
> +PURGATORY_CFLAGS := -mcmodel=large -ffreestanding -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -g0
>  PURGATORY_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN) -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
>  PURGATORY_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
>  
> @@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ CFLAGS_sha256.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o		+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
>  CFLAGS_string.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
>  
> +AFLAGS_REMOVE_setup-x86_$(BITS).o	+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
> +AFLAGS_REMOVE_entry64.o			+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
> +
>  $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
>  		$(call if_changed,ld)
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.5
> 
> 
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> 

Hi Pingfan,

Looks good, thanks for the patch.

Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>

Thanks
Dave

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