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-rw-r--r--Makefile10
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug9
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1932984478c..6f7328bca9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -564,6 +564,16 @@ else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O2
endif
+ifdef CONFIG_READABLE_ASM
+# Disable optimizations that make assembler listings hard to read.
+# reorder blocks reorders the control in the function
+# ipa clone creates specialized cloned functions
+# partial inlining inlines only parts of functions
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-reorder-blocks,) \
+ $(call cc-option,-fno-ipa-cp-clone,) \
+ $(call cc-option,-fno-partial-inlining)
+endif
+
include $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
ifneq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN),0)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 6777153f18f..4d3cbbbe451 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of
get_wchan() and suchlike.
+config READABLE_ASM
+ bool "Generate readable assembler code"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
+ assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
+ to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
+ sane.
+
config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols"
default y if X86