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authorNicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>2016-01-26 21:51:05 -0500
committerNicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>2016-03-29 16:30:57 -0400
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kconfig option for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
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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@@ -2012,6 +2012,22 @@ 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