kbuild: drop support for CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3

The difference in most compilers between `-O3` and `-O2` is mostly down
to whether loops with statically determinable trip counts are fully
unrolled vs unrolled to a multiple of SIMD width.

This patch is effectively a revert of
commit 15f5db60a137 ("kbuild,arc: add
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3 for ARC") without re-adding
ARCH_CFLAGS

Ever since
commit cfdbc2e16e65 ("ARC: Build system: Makefiles, Kconfig, Linker
script")
ARC has been built with -O3, though the reason for doing so was not
specified in inline comments or the commit message. This commit does not
re-add -O3 to arch/arc/Makefile.

Folks looking to experiment with `-O3` (or any compiler flag for that
matter) may pass them along to the command line invocation of make:

$ make KCFLAGS=-O3

Code that looks to re-add an explicit Kconfig option for `-O3` should
provide:
1. A rigorous and reproducible performance profile of a reasonable
   userspace workload that demonstrates a hot loop in the kernel that
   would benefit from `-O3` over `-O2`.
2. Disassembly of said loop body before and after.
3. Provides stats on terms of increase in file size.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CA+55aFz2sNBbZyg-_i8_Ldr2e8o9dfvdSfHHuRzVtP2VMAUWPg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index faa4880..f8e3257 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -755,8 +755,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS       += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O2
-else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O3
 else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Os
 endif

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/axs101_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/axs101_defconfig
index 0016149..e31a8eb 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/axs101_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/axs101_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
index 5b03158..e0e8567 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
index d4eec39..fcbc952 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_defconfig
index 7337cdf..d87ad7e 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_smp_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_smp_defconfig
index bc92722..8d82cdb 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/haps_hs_smp_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/hsdk_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/hsdk_defconfig
index aa00007..f856b03 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/hsdk_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/hsdk_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
index 326f6cd..a1ce12b 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
index bf39a00..ca10f4a 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_defconfig
index 7121bd7..31b6ec3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_smp_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_smp_defconfig
index f9863b2..41a0037 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_smp_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_KPROBES=y

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
index a12656e..d93b650 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="../tb10x-rootfs.cpio"
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=2100
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=501
 # CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_AIO is not set
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_defconfig
index d7c858d..0c3b214 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig
index 015c1d4..f9ad9d3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c7900e8..1b4d8ac 100644 (file)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1401,13 +1401,6 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
          with the "-O2" compiler flag for best performance and most
          helpful compile-time warnings.
 
-config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3
-       bool "Optimize more for performance (-O3)"
-       depends on ARC
-       help
-         Choosing this option will pass "-O3" to your compiler to optimize
-         the kernel yet more for performance.
-
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
        bool "Optimize for size (-Os)"
        help