Re: [PATCH] kbuild: pass jobserver to cmd_ld_vmlinux.o

[Sedat Dilek]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 6:32 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 3:35 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 12:53 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 4:09 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:45 PM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Until the link-vmlinux.sh split (cf. the commit below), the linker was
> > > > > run with jobserver set in MAKEFLAGS. After the split, the command in
> > > > > Makefile.vmlinux_o is not prefixed by "+" anymore, so this information
> > > > > is lost.
> > > > >
> > > > > Restore it as linkers working in parallel (esp. the LTO ones) make a use
> > > > > of it.
>
> TBH, I agree with Masahiro. I didn't understand this comment "esp. the
> LTO ones."  Jiri, can you clarify what you mean here?
>
> > [ CC Nathan and Sami ]
> >
> > I re-checked as my build-time takes approx. 15mins more than usual
> > with Linux v5.17.
> >
> > [ Perf - seconds time elapsed ]
> > v5.17: approx. 12500
> > v5.19: approx. 13500
> >
> > +1.000 secs = +16,67mins
>
> Does this patch make a difference?
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20220616195759.3214538-1-samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx/
>

Running a new build...

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