From 0043ecea2399ffc8bfd99ed9dbbe766e7c79293c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rong Xu Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 10:51:10 -0700 Subject: vmlinux.lds.h: Adjust symbol ordering in text output section MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When the -ffunction-sections compiler option is enabled, each function is placed in a separate section named .text.function_name rather than putting all functions in a single .text section. However, using -function-sections can cause problems with the linker script. The comments included in include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h note these issues.: “TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted to use ".." first.” It is unclear whether there is a straightforward method for converting a suffix to "..". This patch modifies the order of subsections within the text output section. Specifically, it changes current order: .text.hot, .text, .text_unlikely, .text.unknown, .text.asan to the new order: .text.asan, .text.unknown, .text_unlikely, .text.hot, .text Here is the rationale behind the new layout: The majority of the code resides in three sections: .text.hot, .text, and .text.unlikely, with .text.unknown containing a negligible amount. .text.asan is only generated in ASAN builds. The primary goal is to group code segments based on their execution frequency (hotness). First, we want to place .text.hot adjacent to .text. Since we cannot put .text.hot after .text (Due to constraints with -ffunction-sections, placing .text.hot after .text is problematic), we need to put .text.hot before .text. Then it comes to .text.unlikely, we cannot put it after .text (same -ffunction-sections issue) . Therefore, we position .text.unlikely before .text.hot. .text.unknown and .tex.asan follow the same logic. This revised ordering effectively reverses the original arrangement (for .text.unlikely, .text.unknown, and .tex.asan), maintaining a similar level of affinity between sections. It also places .text.hot section at the beginning of a page to better utilize the TLB entry. Note that the limitation arises because the linker script employs glob patterns instead of regular expressions for string matching. While there is a method to maintain the current order using complex patterns, this significantly complicates the pattern and increases the likelihood of errors. This patch also changes vmlinux.lds.S for the sparc64 architecture to accommodate specific symbol placement requirements. Co-developed-by: Han Shen Signed-off-by: Han Shen Signed-off-by: Rong Xu Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny Tested-by: Yonghong Song Tested-by: Yabin Cui Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 5 +++++ include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 19 ++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index d317a843f7ea..f1b86eb30340 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ SECTIONS { _text = .; HEAD_TEXT + ALIGN_FUNCTION(); +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC64 + /* Match text section symbols in head_64.S first */ + *head_64.o(.text) +#endif TEXT_TEXT SCHED_TEXT LOCK_TEXT diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index eeadbaeccf88..fd901951549c 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -553,19 +553,24 @@ * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map * - * TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead - * code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted - * to use ".." first. + * TEXT_MAIN here will match symbols with a fixed pattern (for example, + * .text.hot or .text.unlikely) if dead code elimination or + * function-section is enabled. Match these symbols first before + * TEXT_MAIN to ensure they are grouped together. + * + * Also placing .text.hot section at the beginning of a page, this + * would help the TLB performance. */ #define TEXT_TEXT \ ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \ + *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*) \ + *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*) \ + *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) \ + . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \ *(.text.hot .text.hot.*) \ *(TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup) \ - *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) \ - *(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*) \ NOINSTR_TEXT \ - *(.ref.text) \ - *(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*) + *(.ref.text) /* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same -- cgit v1.2.3