openwrtv3/target/linux/generic/pending-4.14/220-optimize_inlining.patch
Felix Fietkau 1e8882585c kernel: support gcc-optimized inlining on all architectures
Optimized inlining was disabled by default when gcc 4 was still
relatively new. By now, all gcc versions handle this well and there
seems to be no real reason to keep it x86-only.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
2018-10-09 14:15:53 +02:00

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--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -284,20 +284,6 @@ config CPA_DEBUG
---help---
Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
-config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
- bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
- ---help---
- This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
- developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
- do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
- compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
- enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
- this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
- decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
- is there to test gcc for this.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
config DEBUG_ENTRY
bool "Debug low-level entry code"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ endmenu # "printk and dmesg options"
menu "Compile-time checks and compiler options"
+config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
+ bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
+ ---help---
+ This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
+ developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
+ do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
+ compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
+ enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
+ this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
+ decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
+ is there to test gcc for this.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config DEBUG_INFO
bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !COMPILE_TEST
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@ config ZONE_DMA32
config AUDIT_ARCH
def_bool y if X86_64
-config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING
- def_bool y
-
config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
def_bool y
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@
* of extern inline functions at link time.
* A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing.
*/
-#if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING) || \
- !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4)
#define inline \
inline __attribute__((always_inline, unused)) notrace __gnu_inline
#else