From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: yamada.masahiro@socionext.com, michal.lkml@markovi.net,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, robin.murphy@arm.com,
Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] kernel hacking: new config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING to apply GCC -Og optimization
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:09:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181028130945.23581-5-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181028130945.23581-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>
This will apply GCC '-Og' optimization level which is supported
since GCC 4.8. This optimization level offers a reasonable level
of optimization while maintaining fast compilation and a good
debugging experience. It is similar to '-O1' while perferring
to keep debug ability over runtime speed.
If enabling this option breaks your kernel, you should either
disable this or find a fix (mostly in the arch code). Currently
this option has only been tested on x86_64 and arm platform.
This option can satisfy people who was searching for a method
to disable compiler optimizations so to achieve better kernel
debugging experience with kgdb or qemu.
The main problem of '-Og' is we must not use __attribute__((error(msg))).
The compiler will report error though the call to error function
still can be optimize out. So we must fallback to array tricky.
Comparison of vmlinux size: a bit smaller.
w/o CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
$ size vmlinux
text data bss dec hex filename
22665554 9709674 2920908 35296136 21a9388 vmlinux
w/ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
$ size vmlinux
text data bss dec hex filename
21499032 10102758 2920908 34522698 20ec64a vmlinux
Comparison of system performance: a bit drop (~6%).
This benchmark of kernel compilation is suggested by Ingo Molnar.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/2/74
Preparation: Set cpufreq to 'performance'.
for ((cpu=0; cpu<120; cpu++)); do
G=/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$cpu/cpufreq/scaling_governor
[ -f $G ] && echo performance > $G
done
w/o CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
$ perf stat --repeat 5 --null --pre '\
cp -a kernel ../kernel.copy.$(date +%s); \
rm -rf *; \
git checkout .; \
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; \
find ../kernel* -type f | xargs cat >/dev/null; \
make -j kernel >/dev/null; \
make clean >/dev/null 2>&1; \
sync '\
\
make -j8 >/dev/null
Performance counter stats for 'make -j8' (5 runs):
219.764246652 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.78% )
w/ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
$ perf stat --repeat 5 --null --pre '\
cp -a kernel ../kernel.copy.$(date +%s); \
rm -rf *; \
git checkout .; \
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; \
find ../kernel* -type f | xargs cat >/dev/null; \
make -j kernel >/dev/null; \
make clean >/dev/null 2>&1; \
sync '\
\
make -j8 >/dev/null
Performance counter stats for 'make -j8' (5 runs):
233.574187771 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.19% )
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
---
v3:
o make CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING depends on $(cc-option,-Og)
o reflect CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING in tiny.config
---
Makefile | 5 +++++
include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 2 +-
include/linux/compiler.h | 2 +-
init/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/configs/tiny.config | 1 +
5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04beb822ddfc..10de245a3325 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -657,6 +657,10 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-truncation)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-overflow)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, int-in-bool-context)
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Og
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+else
ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Oz,-Os)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
@@ -667,6 +671,7 @@ else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O2
endif
endif
+endif
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, \
$(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,))
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 90ddfefb6c2b..4832c98c7885 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
#define __compiletime_object_size(obj) __builtin_object_size(obj, 0)
-#ifndef __CHECKER__
+#if !defined(__CHECKER__) && !defined(CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING)
#define __compiletime_warning(message) __attribute__((warning(message)))
#define __compiletime_error(message) __attribute__((error(message)))
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 1921545c6351..3836397bf477 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
* sparse see a constant array size without breaking compiletime_assert on old
* versions of GCC (e.g. 4.2.4), so hide the array from sparse altogether.
*/
-# ifndef __CHECKER__
+# if !defined(__CHECKER__) && !defined(CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING)
# define __compiletime_error_fallback(condition) \
do { ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2 * condition])); } while (0)
# endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a4112e95724a..0fb9c0b5f1a1 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1105,6 +1105,26 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
If unsure, say N.
+config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING
+ bool "Optimize for better debugging experience (-Og)"
+ depends on $(cc-option,-Og)
+ select NO_AUTO_INLINE
+ help
+ This will apply GCC '-Og' optimization level which is supported
+ since GCC 4.8. This optimization level offers a reasonable level
+ of optimization while maintaining fast compilation and a good
+ debugging experience. It is similar to '-O1' while preferring to
+ keep debug ability over runtime speed. The overall performance
+ will drop a bit (~6%).
+
+ Use only if you want to debug the kernel, especially if you want
+ to have better kernel debugging experience with gdb facilities
+ like kgdb or qemu. If enabling this option breaks your kernel,
+ you should either disable this or find a fix (mostly in the arch
+ code).
+
+ If unsure, select N.
+
endchoice
config HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
diff --git a/kernel/configs/tiny.config b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
index 7fa0c4ae6394..599ea86b0800 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/tiny.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE is not set
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
+# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA is not set
--
2.17.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-28 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-28 13:09 [PATCH v3 0/4] kernel hacking: GCC optimization for better debug experience (-Og) Changbin Du
2018-10-28 13:09 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/mm: declare check_la57_support() as inline Changbin Du
2018-10-28 18:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-10-29 13:04 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-11-02 11:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-09 16:27 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-11-10 1:41 ` Changbin Du
2018-10-28 13:09 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] kernel hacking: new config NO_AUTO_INLINE to disable compiler auto-inline optimizations Changbin Du
2018-10-29 13:03 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-10-28 13:09 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] ARM: mm: fix build error in fix_to_virt with CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING Changbin Du
2018-10-29 13:05 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-10-28 13:09 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2018-10-29 13:16 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] kernel hacking: new config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING to apply GCC -Og optimization Masahiro Yamada
2018-10-29 14:54 ` Changbin Du
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