ea3752ba96
Contemporary kernels and modules can be relatively large, especially when common debug options are enabled. Using GCC 12.1.0, a v6.3-rc7 defconfig kernel is ~38M, and with PROVE_LOCKING + KASAN_INLINE enabled this expands to ~117M. Shanker reports [1] that the NVIDIA GPU driver alone can consume 110M of module space in some configurations. Both KASLR and ARM64_ERRATUM_843419 select MODULE_PLTS, so anyone wanting a kernel to have KASLR or run on Cortex-A53 will have MODULE_PLTS selected. This is the case in defconfig and distribution kernels (e.g. Debian, Android, etc). Practically speaking, this means we're very likely to need MODULE_PLTS and while it's almost guaranteed that MODULE_PLTS will be selected, it is possible to disable support, and we have to maintain some awkward special cases for such unusual configurations. This patch removes the MODULE_PLTS config option, with the support code always enabled if MODULES is selected. This results in a slight simplification, and will allow for further improvement in subsequent patches. For any config which currently selects MODULE_PLTS, there will be no functional change as a result of this patch. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/159ceeab-09af-3174-5058-445bc8dcf85b@nvidia.com/ Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@nvidia.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Tested-by: Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@nvidia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230530110328.2213762-6-mark.rutland@arm.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.