[PATCH 2/5] kbuild: reuse mksysmap output for kallsyms

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Sep 26 2022 - 05:04:01 EST


scripts/mksysmap internally runs ${NM} (dropping some symbols).

When CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y, mksysmap creates .tmp_System.map, but it is
almost the same as the output from the ${NM} invocation in kallsyms().
It is true scripts/mksysmap drops some symbols, but scripts/kallsyms.c
ignores more anyway.

Keep the mksysmap output as *.syms, and reuse it for kallsyms and
'cmp -s'. It saves one ${NM} invocation.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 23ac13fd9d89..6492c0862657 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ kallsyms()
fi

info KSYMS ${2}
- ${NM} -n ${1} | scripts/kallsyms ${kallsymopt} > ${2}
+ cat ${1} | scripts/kallsyms ${kallsymopt} > ${2}
}

# Perform one step in kallsyms generation, including temporary linking of
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ kallsyms_step()
kallsyms_S=${kallsyms_vmlinux}.S

vmlinux_link ${kallsyms_vmlinux} "${kallsymso_prev}" ${btf_vmlinux_bin_o}
- kallsyms ${kallsyms_vmlinux} ${kallsyms_S}
+ mksysmap ${kallsyms_vmlinux} ${kallsyms_vmlinux}.syms
+ kallsyms ${kallsyms_vmlinux}.syms ${kallsyms_S}

info AS ${kallsyms_S}
${CC} ${NOSTDINC_FLAGS} ${LINUXINCLUDE} ${KBUILD_CPPFLAGS} \
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ kallsyms_step()
# See mksymap for additional details
mksysmap()
{
+ info NM ${2}
${CONFIG_SHELL} "${srctree}/scripts/mksysmap" ${1} ${2}
}

@@ -283,7 +285,6 @@ if is_enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF && is_enabled CONFIG_BPF; then
${RESOLVE_BTFIDS} vmlinux
fi

-info SYSMAP System.map
mksysmap vmlinux System.map

if is_enabled CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT; then
@@ -296,9 +297,7 @@ fi

# step a (see comment above)
if is_enabled CONFIG_KALLSYMS; then
- mksysmap ${kallsyms_vmlinux} .tmp_System.map
-
- if ! cmp -s System.map .tmp_System.map; then
+ if ! cmp -s System.map ${kallsyms_vmlinux}.syms; then
echo >&2 Inconsistent kallsyms data
echo >&2 Try "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1" as a workaround
exit 1
--
2.34.1