[PATCH v1 1/7] DCE: add debug support

From: Zhangjin Wu
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 18:35:28 EST


Enable --print-gc-sections for --gc-sections to monitor which sections
are really eliminated.

Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 3 +++
init/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57698d048e2c..a4e522b747cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS_KERNEL += -Zfunction-sections=y
LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --gc-sections
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION_DEBUG
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --print-gc-sections
+endif
endif

ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6d35728b94b2..4350d8ba7db4 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1404,6 +1404,13 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
present. This option is not well tested yet, so use at your
own risk.

+config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION_DEBUG
+ bool "Debug dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable --print-gc-sections for --gc-sections
+
config LD_ORPHAN_WARN
def_bool y
depends on ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
--
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