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[v3,7/7] kconfig option for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS

Message ID 1455826023-2134-8-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Nicolas Pitre Feb. 18, 2016, 8:07 p.m. UTC 
The config option to enable it all.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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 init/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

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2.5.0
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 22320804fb..e6f666331b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1990,6 +1990,22 @@  config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
 
 endchoice
 
+config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
+	bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols"
+	depends on MODULES && !UNUSED_SYMBOLS
+	help
+	  The kernel and some modules make many symbols available for
+	  other modules to use via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and variants. Depending
+	  on the set of modules being selected in your kernel configuration,
+	  many of those exported symbols might never be used.
+
+	  This option allows for unused exported symbols to be dropped from
+	  the build. In turn, this provides the compiler more opportunities
+	  (especially when using LTO) for optimizing the code and reducing
+	  binary size.  This might have some security advantages as well.
+
+	  If unsure say N.
+
 endif # MODULES
 
 config MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP