[PATCH 1/1] powerpc: crtsaveres.o needed only when -Os flag is enabled
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri May 2 15:39:17 EST 2014
Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com> writes:
> powerpc: crtsaveres.o needed only when -Os flag is enabled
>
> Currently on powerpc arch, out-of-tree module fails to build without
> crtsaveres.o, even when the module has no dependency on the symbols
> provided by the file; when built without the -Os flag.
>
> BTW: '-Os' flag is enabled when CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is
> configured.
>
> This patch fixes that problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> index 4c0cedf..cf12f38 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> @@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ CPP = $(CC) -E $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
>
> CHECKFLAGS += -m$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE) -D__powerpc__ -D__powerpc$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)__
>
> +ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
> KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
> +endif
> +
>
> # No AltiVec or VSX instructions when building kernel
> KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-altivec)
>
So if we enable CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE can we build out-of-tree
module with this patch ?
-aneesh
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