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authorLaine Walker-Avina <lwalkera@ieee.org>2010-04-19 14:41:31 -0700
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2010-04-20 09:11:26 +0200
commitb33e2abd4ea5395565f1f417d1e897f6654fd16d (patch)
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toolchain/binutils: Improve arm linking performance
Backported a patch from CVS that improves linking times for large projects (eg 700s to 6s). See http://old.nabble.com/-PATCH--Reduce-ARM-linking-time-tt27961038.html for the original. [Peter: add patch header] Signed-off-by: Laine Walker-Avina <lwalkera@ieee.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'toolchain/binutils')
-rw-r--r--toolchain/binutils/2.20.1/400-arm_link_speed.patch183
-rw-r--r--toolchain/binutils/2.20/400-arm_link_speed.patch183
2 files changed, 366 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/2.20.1/400-arm_link_speed.patch b/toolchain/binutils/2.20.1/400-arm_link_speed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d03385a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/2.20.1/400-arm_link_speed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+From Binutils CVS:
+
+http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/bfd/elf32-arm.c?rev=1.230&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
+
+Improves linking time from large projects on ARM.
+diff -dupr binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c binutils-2.20/bfd/elf32-arm.c
+--- binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2010-04-19 10:08:50.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2010-04-19 10:12:45.000000000 -0700
+@@ -12736,108 +12736,15 @@ elf32_arm_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+-/* A structure used to record a list of sections, independently
+- of the next and prev fields in the asection structure. */
+-typedef struct section_list
+-{
+- asection * sec;
+- struct section_list * next;
+- struct section_list * prev;
+-}
+-section_list;
+-
+-/* Unfortunately we need to keep a list of sections for which
+- an _arm_elf_section_data structure has been allocated. This
+- is because it is possible for functions like elf32_arm_write_section
+- to be called on a section which has had an elf_data_structure
+- allocated for it (and so the used_by_bfd field is valid) but
+- for which the ARM extended version of this structure - the
+- _arm_elf_section_data structure - has not been allocated. */
+-static section_list * sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = NULL;
+-
+-static void
+-record_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = bfd_malloc (sizeof (* entry));
+- if (entry == NULL)
+- return;
+- entry->sec = sec;
+- entry->next = sections_with_arm_elf_section_data;
+- entry->prev = NULL;
+- if (entry->next != NULL)
+- entry->next->prev = entry;
+- sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = entry;
+-}
+-
+-static struct section_list *
+-find_arm_elf_section_entry (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+- static struct section_list * last_entry = NULL;
+-
+- /* This is a short cut for the typical case where the sections are added
+- to the sections_with_arm_elf_section_data list in forward order and
+- then looked up here in backwards order. This makes a real difference
+- to the ld-srec/sec64k.exp linker test. */
+- entry = sections_with_arm_elf_section_data;
+- if (last_entry != NULL)
+- {
+- if (last_entry->sec == sec)
+- entry = last_entry;
+- else if (last_entry->next != NULL
+- && last_entry->next->sec == sec)
+- entry = last_entry->next;
+- }
+-
+- for (; entry; entry = entry->next)
+- if (entry->sec == sec)
+- break;
+-
+- if (entry)
+- /* Record the entry prior to this one - it is the entry we are most
+- likely to want to locate next time. Also this way if we have been
+- called from unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data() we will not
+- be caching a pointer that is about to be freed. */
+- last_entry = entry->prev;
+-
+- return entry;
+-}
+-
+ static _arm_elf_section_data *
+ get_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+ {
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = find_arm_elf_section_entry (sec);
+-
+- if (entry)
+- return elf32_arm_section_data (entry->sec);
++ if (sec && sec->owner && is_arm_elf (sec->owner))
++ return elf32_arm_section_data (sec);
+ else
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+-static void
+-unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = find_arm_elf_section_entry (sec);
+-
+- if (entry)
+- {
+- if (entry->prev != NULL)
+- entry->prev->next = entry->next;
+- if (entry->next != NULL)
+- entry->next->prev = entry->prev;
+- if (entry == sections_with_arm_elf_section_data)
+- sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = entry->next;
+- free (entry);
+- }
+-}
+-
+-
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ void *finfo;
+@@ -13230,8 +13137,6 @@ elf32_arm_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, a
+ sec->used_by_bfd = sdata;
+ }
+
+- record_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+-
+ return _bfd_elf_new_section_hook (abfd, sec);
+ }
+
+@@ -13659,44 +13564,13 @@ elf32_arm_write_section (bfd *output_bfd
+ }
+
+ free (map);
+- arm_data->mapcount = 0;
++ arm_data->mapcount = -1;
+ arm_data->mapsize = 0;
+ arm_data->map = NULL;
+- unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+-static void
+-unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+- asection * sec,
+- void * ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+-{
+- unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+-}
+-
+-static bfd_boolean
+-elf32_arm_close_and_cleanup (bfd * abfd)
+-{
+- if (abfd->sections)
+- bfd_map_over_sections (abfd,
+- unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections,
+- NULL);
+-
+- return _bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup (abfd);
+-}
+-
+-static bfd_boolean
+-elf32_arm_bfd_free_cached_info (bfd * abfd)
+-{
+- if (abfd->sections)
+- bfd_map_over_sections (abfd,
+- unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections,
+- NULL);
+-
+- return _bfd_free_cached_info (abfd);
+-}
+-
+ /* Display STT_ARM_TFUNC symbols as functions. */
+
+ static void
+@@ -13882,8 +13756,6 @@ const struct elf_size_info elf32_arm_siz
+ #define bfd_elf32_find_inliner_info elf32_arm_find_inliner_info
+ #define bfd_elf32_new_section_hook elf32_arm_new_section_hook
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_is_target_special_symbol elf32_arm_is_target_special_symbol
+-#define bfd_elf32_close_and_cleanup elf32_arm_close_and_cleanup
+-#define bfd_elf32_bfd_free_cached_info elf32_arm_bfd_free_cached_info
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_final_link elf32_arm_final_link
+
+ #define elf_backend_get_symbol_type elf32_arm_get_symbol_type
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/2.20/400-arm_link_speed.patch b/toolchain/binutils/2.20/400-arm_link_speed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d03385a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/2.20/400-arm_link_speed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+From Binutils CVS:
+
+http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/bfd/elf32-arm.c?rev=1.230&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
+
+Improves linking time from large projects on ARM.
+diff -dupr binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c binutils-2.20/bfd/elf32-arm.c
+--- binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2010-04-19 10:08:50.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2010-04-19 10:12:45.000000000 -0700
+@@ -12736,108 +12736,15 @@ elf32_arm_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+-/* A structure used to record a list of sections, independently
+- of the next and prev fields in the asection structure. */
+-typedef struct section_list
+-{
+- asection * sec;
+- struct section_list * next;
+- struct section_list * prev;
+-}
+-section_list;
+-
+-/* Unfortunately we need to keep a list of sections for which
+- an _arm_elf_section_data structure has been allocated. This
+- is because it is possible for functions like elf32_arm_write_section
+- to be called on a section which has had an elf_data_structure
+- allocated for it (and so the used_by_bfd field is valid) but
+- for which the ARM extended version of this structure - the
+- _arm_elf_section_data structure - has not been allocated. */
+-static section_list * sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = NULL;
+-
+-static void
+-record_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = bfd_malloc (sizeof (* entry));
+- if (entry == NULL)
+- return;
+- entry->sec = sec;
+- entry->next = sections_with_arm_elf_section_data;
+- entry->prev = NULL;
+- if (entry->next != NULL)
+- entry->next->prev = entry;
+- sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = entry;
+-}
+-
+-static struct section_list *
+-find_arm_elf_section_entry (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+- static struct section_list * last_entry = NULL;
+-
+- /* This is a short cut for the typical case where the sections are added
+- to the sections_with_arm_elf_section_data list in forward order and
+- then looked up here in backwards order. This makes a real difference
+- to the ld-srec/sec64k.exp linker test. */
+- entry = sections_with_arm_elf_section_data;
+- if (last_entry != NULL)
+- {
+- if (last_entry->sec == sec)
+- entry = last_entry;
+- else if (last_entry->next != NULL
+- && last_entry->next->sec == sec)
+- entry = last_entry->next;
+- }
+-
+- for (; entry; entry = entry->next)
+- if (entry->sec == sec)
+- break;
+-
+- if (entry)
+- /* Record the entry prior to this one - it is the entry we are most
+- likely to want to locate next time. Also this way if we have been
+- called from unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data() we will not
+- be caching a pointer that is about to be freed. */
+- last_entry = entry->prev;
+-
+- return entry;
+-}
+-
+ static _arm_elf_section_data *
+ get_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+ {
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = find_arm_elf_section_entry (sec);
+-
+- if (entry)
+- return elf32_arm_section_data (entry->sec);
++ if (sec && sec->owner && is_arm_elf (sec->owner))
++ return elf32_arm_section_data (sec);
+ else
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+-static void
+-unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (asection * sec)
+-{
+- struct section_list * entry;
+-
+- entry = find_arm_elf_section_entry (sec);
+-
+- if (entry)
+- {
+- if (entry->prev != NULL)
+- entry->prev->next = entry->next;
+- if (entry->next != NULL)
+- entry->next->prev = entry->prev;
+- if (entry == sections_with_arm_elf_section_data)
+- sections_with_arm_elf_section_data = entry->next;
+- free (entry);
+- }
+-}
+-
+-
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ void *finfo;
+@@ -13230,8 +13137,6 @@ elf32_arm_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, a
+ sec->used_by_bfd = sdata;
+ }
+
+- record_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+-
+ return _bfd_elf_new_section_hook (abfd, sec);
+ }
+
+@@ -13659,44 +13564,13 @@ elf32_arm_write_section (bfd *output_bfd
+ }
+
+ free (map);
+- arm_data->mapcount = 0;
++ arm_data->mapcount = -1;
+ arm_data->mapsize = 0;
+ arm_data->map = NULL;
+- unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+-static void
+-unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+- asection * sec,
+- void * ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+-{
+- unrecord_section_with_arm_elf_section_data (sec);
+-}
+-
+-static bfd_boolean
+-elf32_arm_close_and_cleanup (bfd * abfd)
+-{
+- if (abfd->sections)
+- bfd_map_over_sections (abfd,
+- unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections,
+- NULL);
+-
+- return _bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup (abfd);
+-}
+-
+-static bfd_boolean
+-elf32_arm_bfd_free_cached_info (bfd * abfd)
+-{
+- if (abfd->sections)
+- bfd_map_over_sections (abfd,
+- unrecord_section_via_map_over_sections,
+- NULL);
+-
+- return _bfd_free_cached_info (abfd);
+-}
+-
+ /* Display STT_ARM_TFUNC symbols as functions. */
+
+ static void
+@@ -13882,8 +13756,6 @@ const struct elf_size_info elf32_arm_siz
+ #define bfd_elf32_find_inliner_info elf32_arm_find_inliner_info
+ #define bfd_elf32_new_section_hook elf32_arm_new_section_hook
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_is_target_special_symbol elf32_arm_is_target_special_symbol
+-#define bfd_elf32_close_and_cleanup elf32_arm_close_and_cleanup
+-#define bfd_elf32_bfd_free_cached_info elf32_arm_bfd_free_cached_info
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_final_link elf32_arm_final_link
+
+ #define elf_backend_get_symbol_type elf32_arm_get_symbol_type