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kbuild: add CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP expert option

Message ID 20210224105256.1939169-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk (mailing list archive)
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Series kbuild: add CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP expert option | expand

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Rasmus Villemoes Feb. 24, 2021, 10:52 a.m. UTC
It can be quite useful to have ld emit a link map file, in order to
debug or verify that special sections end up where they are supposed
to, and to see what LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION manages to get rid
of.

The only reason I'm not just adding this unconditionally is that the
.map file can be rather large (several MB), and that's a waste of
space when one isn't interested in these things. Also hide the prompt
behind CONFIG_EXPERT.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
 .gitignore              | 1 +
 Makefile                | 3 ++-
 lib/Kconfig.debug       | 9 +++++++++
 scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Rasmus Villemoes March 4, 2021, 10:47 p.m. UTC | #1
On 24/02/2021 11.52, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> It can be quite useful to have ld emit a link map file, in order to
> debug or verify that special sections end up where they are supposed
> to, and to see what LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION manages to get rid
> of.
> 
> The only reason I'm not just adding this unconditionally is that the
> .map file can be rather large (several MB), and that's a waste of
> space when one isn't interested in these things. Also hide the prompt
> behind CONFIG_EXPERT.

ping
Masahiro Yamada March 5, 2021, 5:59 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:53 PM Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> wrote:
>
> It can be quite useful to have ld emit a link map file, in order to
> debug or verify that special sections end up where they are supposed
> to, and to see what LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION manages to get rid
> of.
>
> The only reason I'm not just adding this unconditionally is that the
> .map file can be rather large (several MB), and that's a waste of
> space when one isn't interested in these things. Also hide the prompt
> behind CONFIG_EXPERT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
> ---
>  .gitignore              | 1 +
>  Makefile                | 3 ++-
>  lib/Kconfig.debug       | 9 +++++++++
>  scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 9 +++++++++
>  4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index 3af66272d6f1..d3038aff4485 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ modules.order
>  /TAGS
>  /linux
>  /vmlinux
> +/vmlinux.map

Could you move this one line below
so that vmlinux.map is placed between
vmlinux.32 and vmlinux.symvers ?

I know this list is not sorted...




>  /vmlinux.32
>  /vmlinux.symvers
>  /vmlinux-gdb.py


Please add this to Documentation/dontdiff as well.




> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index b18dbc634690..be6fbd99a214 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1501,7 +1501,8 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
>  CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \
>                modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
> -              compile_commands.json
> +              compile_commands.json \
> +              vmlinux.map


Do you need this ?

You already added this to cleanup() of scripts/link-vmlinux.sh,
which is invoked from 'make clean'.





>  # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
>  MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 5ea0c1773b0a..d6af084c11ae 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -412,6 +412,15 @@ config VMLINUX_VALIDATION
>         depends on STACK_VALIDATION && DEBUG_ENTRY && !PARAVIRT
>         default y
>
> +config VMLINUX_MAP
> +       bool "Generate vmlinux.map file when linking" if EXPERT


Please use depends on EXPERT
because VMLINUX_MAP is not select or implied by anyone.




> +       help
> +         Selecting this option will pass "-Map=vmlinux.map" to ld
> +         when linking vmlinux. That file can be useful for verifying
> +         and debugging magic section games, and for seeing which
> +         pieces of code get eliminated with
> +         CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION.
> +
>  config DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
>         bool "Force weak per-cpu definitions"
>         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> index 3b261b0f74f0..bba58839db40 100755
> --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> @@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ vmlinux_link()
>                 strip_debug=-Wl,--strip-debug
>         fi
>
> +       if [ -n "${CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP}" ]; then
> +               map_option="-Map=${output}.map"
> +       else
> +               map_option=""
> +       fi
> +


For consistency, please do like strip_debug, that is,
define this as a local variable, and
set the value of  the 'if' case.



>         if [ "${SRCARCH}" != "um" ]; then
>                 if [ -n "${CONFIG_LTO_CLANG}" ]; then
>                         # Use vmlinux.o instead of performing the slow LTO
> @@ -187,6 +193,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
>                 ${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux}      \
>                         ${strip_debug#-Wl,}                     \
>                         -o ${output}                            \
> +                       ${map_option}                           \
>                         -T ${lds} ${objects}
>         else
>                 objects="-Wl,--whole-archive                    \
> @@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
>                 ${CC} ${CFLAGS_vmlinux}                         \
>                         ${strip_debug}                          \
>                         -o ${output}                            \
> +                       ${map_option:+-Wl,${map_option}}        \
>                         -Wl,-T,${lds}                           \
>                         ${objects}                              \
>                         -lutil -lrt -lpthread
> @@ -303,6 +311,7 @@ cleanup()
>         rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
>         rm -f System.map
>         rm -f vmlinux
> +       rm -f vmlinux.map
>         rm -f vmlinux.o
>  }
>
> --
> 2.29.2
>
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3af66272d6f1..d3038aff4485 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@  modules.order
 /TAGS
 /linux
 /vmlinux
+/vmlinux.map
 /vmlinux.32
 /vmlinux.symvers
 /vmlinux-gdb.py
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b18dbc634690..be6fbd99a214 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1501,7 +1501,8 @@  endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
 CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \
 	       modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
-	       compile_commands.json
+	       compile_commands.json \
+	       vmlinux.map
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 5ea0c1773b0a..d6af084c11ae 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -412,6 +412,15 @@  config VMLINUX_VALIDATION
 	depends on STACK_VALIDATION && DEBUG_ENTRY && !PARAVIRT
 	default y
 
+config VMLINUX_MAP
+	bool "Generate vmlinux.map file when linking" if EXPERT
+	help
+	  Selecting this option will pass "-Map=vmlinux.map" to ld
+	  when linking vmlinux. That file can be useful for verifying
+	  and debugging magic section games, and for seeing which
+	  pieces of code get eliminated with
+	  CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION.
+
 config DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
 	bool "Force weak per-cpu definitions"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 3b261b0f74f0..bba58839db40 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@  vmlinux_link()
 		strip_debug=-Wl,--strip-debug
 	fi
 
+	if [ -n "${CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP}" ]; then
+		map_option="-Map=${output}.map"
+	else
+		map_option=""
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${SRCARCH}" != "um" ]; then
 		if [ -n "${CONFIG_LTO_CLANG}" ]; then
 			# Use vmlinux.o instead of performing the slow LTO
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@  vmlinux_link()
 		${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux}	\
 			${strip_debug#-Wl,}			\
 			-o ${output}				\
+			${map_option}				\
 			-T ${lds} ${objects}
 	else
 		objects="-Wl,--whole-archive			\
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@  vmlinux_link()
 		${CC} ${CFLAGS_vmlinux}				\
 			${strip_debug}				\
 			-o ${output}				\
+			${map_option:+-Wl,${map_option}}	\
 			-Wl,-T,${lds}				\
 			${objects}				\
 			-lutil -lrt -lpthread
@@ -303,6 +311,7 @@  cleanup()
 	rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
 	rm -f System.map
 	rm -f vmlinux
+	rm -f vmlinux.map
 	rm -f vmlinux.o
 }