kbuild: implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS without recursion

When CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled, Kbuild recursively traverses
the directory tree to determine which EXPORT_SYMBOL to trim. If an
EXPORT_SYMBOL turns out to be unused by anyone, Kbuild begins the
second traverse, where some source files are recompiled with their
EXPORT_SYMBOL() tuned into a no-op.

Linus stated negative opinions about this slowness in commits:

 - 5cf0fd591f2e ("Kbuild: disable TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS option")
 - a555bdd0c58c ("Kbuild: enable TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS again, with some guarding")

We can do this better now. The final data structures of EXPORT_SYMBOL
are generated by the modpost stage, so modpost can selectively emit
KSYMTAB entries that are really used by modules.

Commit f73edc8951b2 ("kbuild: unify two modpost invocations") is another
ground-work to do this in a one-pass algorithm. With the list of modules,
modpost sets sym->used if it is used by a module. modpost emits KSYMTAB
only for symbols with sym->used==true.

BTW, Nicolas explained why the trimming was implemented with recursion:

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/2o2rpn97-79nq-p7s2-nq5-8p83391473r@syhkavp.arg/

Actually, we never achieved that level of optimization where the chain
reaction of trimming comes into play because:

 - CONFIG_LTO_CLANG cannot remove any unused symbols
 - CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is enabled only for vmlinux,
   but not modules

If deeper trimming is required, we need to revisit this, but I guess
that is unlikely to happen.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 52 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index a7c979b0ea21..3d9f3e2b2a2d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ static bool warn_unresolved;
 
 static int sec_mismatch_count;
 static bool sec_mismatch_warn_only = true;
+/* Trim EXPORT_SYMBOLs that are unused by in-tree modules */
+static bool trim_unused_exports;
+
 /* ignore missing files */
 static bool ignore_missing_files;
 /* If set to 1, only warn (instead of error) about missing ns imports */
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	bool weak;
 	bool is_func;
 	bool is_gpl_only;	/* exported by EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL */
+	bool used;		/* there exists a user of this symbol */
 	char name[];
 };
 
@@ -1826,6 +1830,7 @@ static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		exp->used = true;
 		s->module = exp->module;
 		s->crc_valid = exp->crc_valid;
 		s->crc = exp->crc;
@@ -1849,6 +1854,23 @@ static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
 	}
 }
 
+static void handle_white_list_exports(const char *white_list)
+{
+	char *buf, *p, *name;
+
+	buf = read_text_file(white_list);
+	p = buf;
+
+	while ((name = strsep(&p, "\n"))) {
+		struct symbol *sym = find_symbol(name);
+
+		if (sym)
+			sym->used = true;
+	}
+
+	free(buf);
+}
+
 static void check_modname_len(struct module *mod)
 {
 	const char *mod_name;
@@ -1919,10 +1941,14 @@ static void add_exported_symbols(struct buffer *buf, struct module *mod)
 
 	/* generate struct for exported symbols */
 	buf_printf(buf, "\n");
-	list_for_each_entry(sym, &mod->exported_symbols, list)
+	list_for_each_entry(sym, &mod->exported_symbols, list) {
+		if (trim_unused_exports && !sym->used)
+			continue;
+
 		buf_printf(buf, "KSYMTAB_%s(%s, \"%s\", \"%s\");\n",
 			   sym->is_func ? "FUNC" : "DATA", sym->name,
 			   sym->is_gpl_only ? "_gpl" : "", sym->namespace);
+	}
 
 	if (!modversions)
 		return;
@@ -1930,6 +1956,9 @@ static void add_exported_symbols(struct buffer *buf, struct module *mod)
 	/* record CRCs for exported symbols */
 	buf_printf(buf, "\n");
 	list_for_each_entry(sym, &mod->exported_symbols, list) {
+		if (trim_unused_exports && !sym->used)
+			continue;
+
 		if (!sym->crc_valid)
 			warn("EXPORT symbol \"%s\" [%s%s] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.\n"
 			     "Is \"%s\" prototyped in <asm/asm-prototypes.h>?\n",
@@ -2093,9 +2122,6 @@ static void write_mod_c_file(struct module *mod)
 	char fname[PATH_MAX];
 	int ret;
 
-	check_modname_len(mod);
-	check_exports(mod);
-
 	add_header(&buf, mod);
 	add_exported_symbols(&buf, mod);
 	add_versions(&buf, mod);
@@ -2187,6 +2213,9 @@ static void write_dump(const char *fname)
 		if (mod->from_dump)
 			continue;
 		list_for_each_entry(sym, &mod->exported_symbols, list) {
+			if (trim_unused_exports && !sym->used)
+				continue;
+
 			buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\tEXPORT_SYMBOL%s\t%s\n",
 				   sym->crc, sym->name, mod->name,
 				   sym->is_gpl_only ? "_GPL" : "",
@@ -2229,12 +2258,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 	char *missing_namespace_deps = NULL;
+	char *unused_exports_white_list = NULL;
 	char *dump_write = NULL, *files_source = NULL;
 	int opt;
 	LIST_HEAD(dump_lists);
 	struct dump_list *dl, *dl2;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ei:mnT:o:aWwENd:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ei:mnT:to:au:WwENd:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'e':
 			external_module = true;
@@ -2259,6 +2289,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'T':
 			files_source = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 't':
+			trim_unused_exports = true;
+			break;
+		case 'u':
+			unused_exports_white_list = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'W':
 			extra_warn = true;
 			break;
@@ -2292,6 +2328,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		read_symbols_from_files(files_source);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+		if (mod->from_dump || mod->is_vmlinux)
+			continue;
+
+		check_modname_len(mod);
+		check_exports(mod);
+	}
+
+	if (unused_exports_white_list)
+		handle_white_list_exports(unused_exports_white_list);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (mod->from_dump)
 			continue;