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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQpFdHxAGk1SSRrJwyKA1XjfJLbyAeka7-YemJ1zEevnQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:25:24 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, David Li <davidxl@...gle.com>, 
	Han Shen <shenhan@...gle.com>, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, 
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
	"Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, 
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, workflows@...r.kernel.org, 
	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>, Maksim Panchenko <max4bolt@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org, 
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev, Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] AutoFDO: Enable -ffunction-sections for the
 AutoFDO build

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 6:33 AM Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Enable -ffunction-sections by default for the AutoFDO build.
>
> With -ffunction-sections, the compiler places each function in its own
> section named .text.function_name instead of placing all functions in
> the .text section. In the AutoFDO build, this allows the linker to
> utilize profile information to reorganize functions for improved
> utilization of iCache and iTLB.
>
> Co-developed-by: Han Shen <shenhan@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Han Shen <shenhan@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com>
> Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@...gle.com>
> ---
>  include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  scripts/Makefile.autofdo          |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index 5df589c60401..ace617d1af9b 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -95,18 +95,25 @@
>   * With LTO_CLANG, the linker also splits sections by default, so we need
>   * these macros to combine the sections during the final link.
>   *
> + * With LTO_CLANG, the linker also splits sections by default, so we need
> + * these macros to combine the sections during the final link.
> + *
>   * RODATA_MAIN is not used because existing code already defines .rodata.x
>   * sections to be brought in with rodata.
>   */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION) || defined(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION) || defined(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG) || \
> +defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG)
>  #define TEXT_MAIN .text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
> +#else
> +#define TEXT_MAIN .text
> +#endif
> +#if defined(CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION) || defined(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)
>  #define DATA_MAIN .data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* .data..L* .data..compoundliteral* .data.$__unnamed_* .data.$L*
>  #define SDATA_MAIN .sdata .sdata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
>  #define RODATA_MAIN .rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* .rodata..L*
>  #define BSS_MAIN .bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* .bss..L* .bss..compoundliteral*
>  #define SBSS_MAIN .sbss .sbss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
>  #else
> -#define TEXT_MAIN .text
>  #define DATA_MAIN .data
>  #define SDATA_MAIN .sdata
>  #define RODATA_MAIN .rodata
> @@ -549,6 +556,20 @@
>                 __cpuidle_text_end = .;                                 \
>                 __noinstr_text_end = .;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG
> +#define TEXT_HOT                                                       \
> +               __hot_text_start = .;                                   \
> +               *(.text.hot .text.hot.*)                                \
> +               __hot_text_end = .;
> +#define TEXT_UNLIKELY                                                  \
> +               __unlikely_text_start = .;                              \
> +               *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)                      \
> +               __unlikely_text_end = .;
> +#else
> +#define TEXT_HOT *(.text.hot .text.hot.*)
> +#define TEXT_UNLIKELY *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)
> +#endif



Again, why is this conditional?


The only difference is *_start and *_end symbols are defined
when CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y.

And, where are these symbols used?











> +
>  /*
>   * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
>   * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map
> @@ -557,30 +578,30 @@
>   * code elimination or function-section is enabled. Match these symbols
>   * first when in these builds.
>   */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION) || defined(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION) || defined(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG) || \
> +defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG)
>  #define TEXT_TEXT                                                      \
>                 ALIGN_FUNCTION();                                       \
>                 *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*)                            \
>                 *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*)                        \
> -               *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)                      \
> +               TEXT_UNLIKELY                                           \
>                 . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);                                   \
> -               *(.text.hot .text.hot.*)                                \
> +               TEXT_HOT                                                \
>                 *(TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup)                                \
>                 NOINSTR_TEXT                                            \
>                 *(.ref.text)
>  #else
>  #define TEXT_TEXT                                                      \
>                 ALIGN_FUNCTION();                                       \
> -               *(.text.hot .text.hot.*)                                \
> +               TEXT_HOT                                                \
>                 *(TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup)                                \
> -               *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)                      \
> +               TEXT_UNLIKELY                                           \
>                 *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*)                        \
>                 NOINSTR_TEXT                                            \
>                 *(.ref.text)                                            \
>                 *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*)
>  #endif
>
> -
>  /* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same
>   * address even at second ld pass when generating System.map */
>  #define SCHED_TEXT                                                     \
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.autofdo b/scripts/Makefile.autofdo
> index 1c9f224bc221..9c9a530ef090 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.autofdo
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.autofdo
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
>  endif
>
>  ifdef CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE
> -  CFLAGS_AUTOFDO_CLANG += -fprofile-sample-use=$(CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE)
> +  CFLAGS_AUTOFDO_CLANG += -fprofile-sample-use=$(CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE) -ffunction-sections
>  endif
>
>  ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN
> --
> 2.47.0.rc1.288.g06298d1525-goog
>
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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