linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10 045/121] kbuild: lto: merge module sections

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Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:48:57 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 045/121] kbuild: lto: merge module sections

From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

commit dd2776222abb9893e5b5c237a2c8c880d8854cee upstream.

LLD always splits sections with LTO, which increases module sizes. This
change adds linker script rules to merge the split sections in the final
module.

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201211184633.3213045-6-samitolvanen@google.com
Cc: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 scripts/module.lds.S |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ SECTIONS {
 	.init_array		0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.init_array.*)) *(.init_array) }
 
 	__jump_table		0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__jump_table)) }
+
+	__patchable_function_entries : { *(__patchable_function_entries) }
+
+	/*
+	 * With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, LLD always enables -fdata-sections and
+	 * -ffunction-sections, which increases the size of the final module.
+	 * Merge the split sections in the final binary.
+	 */
+	.bss : {
+		*(.bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+		*(.bss..L*)
+	}
+
+	.data : {
+		*(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+		*(.data..L*)
+	}
+
+	.rodata : {
+		*(.rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
+		*(.rodata..L*)
+	}
+
+	.text : { *(.text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*) }
 }
 
 /* bring in arch-specific sections */