build system: use archives, not linker action to shorten command lines

Intermediate linking may distort linker behavior (in particular related to
weak symbols). The idea is that archives are closer to 'just a list of
object files', and ideally makes the linker more predictable.

Using --whole-archive, the linker doesn't optimize out object files just
because their symbols were already provided by weak versions. However it
shouldn't be used for libgcc, because that one has some unexpected side-effects.

Change-Id: Ie226c198a93bcdca2d82c02431c72108a1c6ea60
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/10139
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Raptor Engineering Automated Test Stand <noreply@raptorengineeringinc.com>

7 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/arm/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/arm/Makefile.inc
index 0fd4fed26813..8d6abb4052bf 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/Makefile.inc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bootblock-y += clock.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.debug: $$(bootblock-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_BOOTBLOCK_ARM
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_VERSTAGE_ARM),y)
 
 $(objcbfs)/verstage.debug: $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a $$(verstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_verstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.verstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(verstage-objs)) $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a --end-group
+	$(LD_verstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.verstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(verstage-objs)) $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a --end-group
 
 verstage-y += boot.c
 verstage-y += div0.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ VBOOT_STUB_DEPS += $(obj)/arch/arm/eabi_compat.rmodules_arm.o
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage.debug: $$(romstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_romstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_ROMSTAGE_ARM
 
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ ramstage-srcs += $(wildcard src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/mainboard.c)
 
 $(objcbfs)/ramstage.debug: $$(ramstage-objs)
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_ramstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_ramstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_RAMSTAGE_ARM
diff --git a/src/arch/arm64/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/arm64/Makefile.inc
index b14e69e76744..ad00afd9e4e0 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm64/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/arm64/Makefile.inc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bootblock-y += ../../lib/memmove.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.debug: $$(bootblock-objs) $(obj)/config.h
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld
+	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_BOOTBLOCK_ARM64
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_VERSTAGE_ARM64),y)
 
 $(objcbfs)/verstage.debug: $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a $$(verstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_verstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --start-group $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a $$(verstage-objs) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.verstage.ld
+	$(LD_verstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --whole-archive --start-group $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a $$(verstage-objs) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.verstage.ld
 
 verstage-$(CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE) += early_console.c
 verstage-y += boot.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ VBOOT_STUB_DEPS += $(obj)/arch/arm/eabi_compat.rmodules_arm64.o
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage.debug: $$(romstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld
+	$(LD_romstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_ROMSTAGE_ARM64
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ramstage-srcs += $(wildcard src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/mainboard.c)
 
 $(objcbfs)/ramstage.debug: $$(ramstage-objs)
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_ramstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -o $@ -L$(obj) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld
+	$(LD_ramstage) -nostdlib --gc-sections -o $@ -L$(obj) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld
 
 # Build ARM Trusted Firmware (BL31)
 
diff --git a/src/arch/mips/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/mips/Makefile.inc
index 358e71ddf7ce..b92127af9af1 100644
--- a/src/arch/mips/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/mips/Makefile.inc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bootblock-S-ccopts += -undef
 
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.debug: $$(bootblock-objs) $(obj)/config.h
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_BOOTBLOCK_MIPS
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ romstage-y += ../../lib/memset.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage.debug: $$(romstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_ROMSTAGE_MIPS
 
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ ramstage-srcs += $(wildcard src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/mainboard.c)
 
 $(objcbfs)/ramstage.debug: $$(ramstage-objs)
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_ramstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_ramstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_RAMSTAGE_MIPS
diff --git a/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
index a0feb3d1ea9f..a34b18dedba5 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bootblock-y += \
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.debug: $$(bootblock-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(LD_bootblock) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) \
-		-T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) \
+		-T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.bootblock.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(bootblock-objs)) \
 		$(LIBGCC_FILE_NAME_bootblock) --end-group
 
 endif
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ romstage-$(CONFIG_COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS) += timestamp.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage.debug: $$(romstage-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.romstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 romstage-c-ccopts += $(riscv_flags)
 romstage-S-ccopts += $(riscv_asm_flags)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ramstage-srcs += src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/mainboard.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/ramstage.debug: $$(ramstage-objs)
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_ramstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
+	$(LD_ramstage) --gc-sections -static -o $@ -L$(obj) -T $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/memlayout.ramstage.ld --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) --end-group
 
 ramstage-c-ccopts += $(riscv_flags)
 ramstage-S-ccopts += $(riscv_asm_flags)
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
index 8b37d7a55070..659d006d95d9 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ romstage-libs ?=
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage_null.debug: $$(romstage-objs) $(objgenerated)/romstage_null.ld $$(romstage-libs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o $@ -L$(obj) $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_romstage) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) $(romstage-libs) $(COMPILER_RT_romstage) --end-group -T $(objgenerated)/romstage_null.ld
+	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o $@ -L$(obj) $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_romstage) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) $(romstage-libs) --no-whole-archive $(COMPILER_RT_romstage) --end-group -T $(objgenerated)/romstage_null.ld
 	$(OBJCOPY_romstage) --only-section .illegal_globals $(@) $(objcbfs)/romstage_null.offenders && \
 	$(NM_romstage) $(objcbfs)/romstage_null.offenders | grep -q ""; if [ $$? -eq 0 ]; then \
 		echo "Forbidden global variables in romstage:"; \
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ $(objcbfs)/romstage_null.debug: $$(romstage-objs) $(objgenerated)/romstage_null.
 
 $(objcbfs)/romstage.debug: $$(romstage-objs) $(objgenerated)/romstage.ld $$(romstage-libs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o $@ -L$(obj) $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_romstage) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) $(romstage-libs) $(COMPILER_RT_romstage) --end-group -T $(objgenerated)/romstage.ld
+	$(LD_romstage) --gc-sections -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o $@ -L$(obj) $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_romstage) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(romstage-objs)) $(romstage-libs) --no-whole-archive $(COMPILER_RT_romstage) --end-group -T $(objgenerated)/romstage.ld
 
 $(objgenerated)/romstage_null.ld: $(obj)/config.h $$(filter %.ld,$$(romstage-srcs))
 	@printf "    GEN        $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ endif
 
 $(objgenerated)/ramstage.o: $$(ramstage-objs) $(COMPILER_RT_ramstage) $$(ramstage-libs)
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(LD_ramstage) -m elf_i386 -r -o $@ $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_ramstage) --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) $(ramstage-libs) $(COMPILER_RT_ramstage) --end-group
+	$(LD_ramstage) -m elf_i386 -r -o $@ $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_ramstage) --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(ramstage-objs)) $(ramstage-libs) --no-whole-archive $(COMPILER_RT_ramstage) --end-group
 
 endif # CONFIG_ARCH_RAMSTAGE_X86_32
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
index a02be49ef43d..36f83c887699 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ smm-generic-ccopts += -D__SMM__
 smm-c-deps:=$$(OPTION_TABLE_H)
 
 $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o: $$(smm-objs) $(COMPILER_RT_smm)
-	$(LD_smm) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_smm) --start-group $(smm-objs) $(COMPILER_RT_smm) --end-group
+	$(LD_smm) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_smm) --whole-archive --start-group $(smm-objs) --no-whole-archive $(COMPILER_RT_smm) --end-group
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SMM_MODULES),y)
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.inc b/src/lib/Makefile.inc
index 88254b96930d..b583e6dc284a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile.inc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ RMODULE_LDFLAGS  := -nostartfiles --gc-sections --emit-relocs -z defs -Bsymbolic
 # rmdoule is named $(1).rmod
 define rmodule_link
 $(strip $(1)): $(strip $(2)) $$(COMPILER_RT_rmodules_$(4)) $(obj)/lib/rmodule.rmodules_$(4).ld | $$(RMODTOOL)
-	$$(LD_rmodules_$(4)) $(RMODULE_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/lib/rmodule.rmodules_$(4).ld --defsym=__heap_size=$(strip $(3)) -o $$@ --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(2)) --end-group
+	$$(LD_rmodules_$(4)) $(RMODULE_LDFLAGS) -T $(obj)/lib/rmodule.rmodules_$(4).ld --defsym=__heap_size=$(strip $(3)) -o $$@ --whole-archive --start-group $(filter-out %.ld,$(2)) --end-group
 	$$(NM_rmodules_$(4)) -n $$@ > $$(basename $$@).map
 
 $(strip $(1)).rmod: $(strip $(1))