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Alexander Lobakin d9e84fb1a3 MIPS: relocatable: optimize the relocation process

For now, vmlinux relocation functions for relocatable kernel are
implemented as an array of handlers of a particular type.

Convert that array into a single switch-case function to:
 - remove unused arguments;
 - change the return type of simple handlers to void;
 - remove the array and don't use any data at all;
 - avoid using indirect calls;
 - allow the compiler to inline and greatly optimize
   the relocation function[s];

and also mark do_relocations() and show_kernel_relocation() static
as they aren't used anywhere else.

The result on MIPS32 R2 with GCC 10.2 -O2 is:

scripts/bloat-o-meter -c arch/mips/kernel/__relocate.o arch/mips/kernel/relocate.o
add/remove: 0/6 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 356/-640 (-284)
Function                                     old     new   delta
relocate_kernel                              852    1208    +356
apply_r_mips_32_rel                           20       -     -20
apply_r_mips_hi16_rel                         40       -     -40
apply_r_mips_64_rel                           44       -     -44
apply_r_mips_26_rel                          144       -    -144
show_kernel_relocation                       164       -    -164
do_relocations                               228       -    -228
Total: Before=1780, After=1496, chg -15.96%
add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 0/0 up/down: 0/-76 (-76)
Data                                         old     new   delta
reloc_handlers_rel                            76       -     -76
Total: Before=92, After=16, chg -82.61%
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/0 up/down: 0/0 (0)
RO Data                                      old     new   delta
Total: Before=0, After=0, chg +0.00%

All functions were collapsed into the main one, relocate_kernel().

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@pm.me>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>

2021-01-18 15:55:29 +01:00

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