The kernel currently has a limit for # of types to be 64KB and
the size of string subsection to be 64KB. A simple bcc tool
runqlat.py generates:
. the size of ~33KB type section, roughly ~10K types
. the size of ~17KB string section
The majority type is from the types referenced by local
variables in the bpf program. For example, the kernel "task_struct"
itself recursively brings in ~900 other types.
This patch did the following optimization to avoid generating
unused types:
. do not generate types for local variables unless they are
function arguments.
. do not generate types for external globals.
If an external global is not used in the program, llvm
already removes it from IR, so global variable saving is
typical small. For runqlat.py, only one variable "llvm.used"
is the external global.
The types for locals and external globals can be added back
once there is a usage for them.
After the above optimization, the runqlat.py generates:
. the size of ~1.5KB type section, roughtly 500 types
. the size of ~0.7KB string section
UPDATE:
resubmitted the patch after previous revert with
the following fix:
use Global.hasExternalLinkage() to test "external"
linkage instead of using Global.getInitializer(),
which will assert on external variables.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
llvm-svn: 356234
The kernel currently has a limit for # of types to be 64KB and
the size of string subsection to be 64KB. A simple bcc tool
runqlat.py generates:
. the size of ~33KB type section, roughly ~10K types
. the size of ~17KB string section
The majority type is from the types referenced by local
variables in the bpf program. For example, the kernel "task_struct"
itself recursively brings in ~900 other types.
This patch did the following optimization to avoid generating
unused types:
. do not generate types for local variables unless they are
function arguments.
. do not generate types for external globals.
If an external global is not used in the program, llvm
already removes it from IR, so global variable saving is
typical small. For runqlat.py, only one variable "llvm.used"
is the external global.
The types for locals and external globals can be added back
once there is a usage for them.
After the above optimization, the runqlat.py generates:
. the size of ~1.5KB type section, roughtly 500 types
. the size of ~0.7KB string section
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
llvm-svn: 356232
If There is no types/non-empty strings, do not generate
.BTF section. If there is no func_info/line_info, do
not generate .BTF.ext section.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D58936
llvm-svn: 355360
In IR, sometimes the following attributes for DIFile may be
generated:
filename: /home/yhs/test.c
directory: /tmp
The /tmp may represent the working directory of the compilation
process.
In such cases, since filename is with absolute path,
the directory should be ignored by BTF. The filename alone is
enough to get the source.
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
llvm-svn: 352952
In IR, sometimes the following attributes for DIFile may be
generated:
filename: /home/yhs/test.c
directory: /tmp
The /tmp may represent the working directory of the compilation
process.
In such cases, since filename is with absolute path,
the directory should be ignored by BTF. The filename alone is
enough to get the source.
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
llvm-svn: 352939
to reflect the new license.
We understand that people may be surprised that we're moving the header
entirely to discuss the new license. We checked this carefully with the
Foundation's lawyer and we believe this is the correct approach.
Essentially, all code in the project is now made available by the LLVM
project under our new license, so you will see that the license headers
include that license only. Some of our contributors have contributed
code under our old license, and accordingly, we have retained a copy of
our old license notice in the top-level files in each project and
repository.
llvm-svn: 351636
Yonghong Song