Commit ccd8d557 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by Jonathan Corbet

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Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent db4df481
=========================
GCC plugin infrastructure
=========================
1. Introduction
===============
Introduction
============
GCC plugins are loadable modules that provide extra features to the
compiler [1]. They are useful for runtime instrumentation and static analysis.
compiler [1]_. They are useful for runtime instrumentation and static analysis.
We can analyse, change and add further code during compilation via
callbacks [2], GIMPLE [3], IPA [4] and RTL passes [5].
callbacks [2]_, GIMPLE [3]_, IPA [4]_ and RTL passes [5]_.
The GCC plugin infrastructure of the kernel supports all gcc versions from
4.5 to 6.0, building out-of-tree modules, cross-compilation and building in a
......@@ -21,56 +22,61 @@ and versions 4.8+ can only be compiled by a C++ compiler.
Currently the GCC plugin infrastructure supports only the x86, arm, arm64 and
powerpc architectures.
This infrastructure was ported from grsecurity [6] and PaX [7].
This infrastructure was ported from grsecurity [6]_ and PaX [7]_.
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[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugins.html
[2] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugin-API.html#Plugin-API
[3] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/GIMPLE.html
[4] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/IPA.html
[5] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/RTL.html
[6] https://grsecurity.net/
[7] https://pax.grsecurity.net/
.. [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugins.html
.. [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Plugin-API.html#Plugin-API
.. [3] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/GIMPLE.html
.. [4] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/IPA.html
.. [5] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/RTL.html
.. [6] https://grsecurity.net/
.. [7] https://pax.grsecurity.net/
Files
=====
2. Files
========
**$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins**
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins
This is the directory of the GCC plugins.
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h
**$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h**
This is a compatibility header for GCC plugins.
It should be always included instead of individual gcc headers.
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh
**$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh**
This script checks the availability of the included headers in
gcc-common.h and chooses the proper host compiler to build the plugins
(gcc-4.7 can be built by either gcc or g++).
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-gimple-pass.h
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-ipa-pass.h
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-simple_ipa-pass.h
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-rtl-pass.h
**$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-gimple-pass.h,
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-ipa-pass.h,
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-simple_ipa-pass.h,
$(src)/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-generate-rtl-pass.h**
These headers automatically generate the registration structures for
GIMPLE, SIMPLE_IPA, IPA and RTL passes. They support all gcc versions
from 4.5 to 6.0.
They should be preferred to creating the structures by hand.
3. Usage
========
Usage
=====
You must install the gcc plugin headers for your gcc version,
e.g., on Ubuntu for gcc-4.9:
e.g., on Ubuntu for gcc-4.9::
apt-get install gcc-4.9-plugin-dev
Enable a GCC plugin based feature in the kernel config:
Enable a GCC plugin based feature in the kernel config::
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_CYC_COMPLEXITY = y
To compile only the plugin(s):
To compile only the plugin(s)::
make gcc-plugins
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