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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 3555edcfd4ab..ba8596464596 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -282,6 +282,24 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 newer revisions of DWARF, you may wish to choose this or have your config select this. +config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 + bool "Generate DWARF Version 5 debuginfo" + depends on GCC_VERSION >= 50000 || CC_IS_CLANG + depends on CC_IS_GCC || $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/test_dwarf5_support.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)) + depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF + help + Generate DWARF v5 debug info. Requires binutils 2.35.2, gcc 5.0+ (gcc + 5.0+ accepts the -gdwarf-5 flag but only had partial support for some + draft features until 7.0), and gdb 8.0+. + + Changes to the structure of debug info in Version 5 allow for around + 15-18% savings in resulting image and debug info section sizes as + compared to DWARF Version 4. DWARF Version 5 standardizes previous + extensions such as accelerators for symbol indexing and the format + for fission (.dwo/.dwp) files. Users may not want to select this + config if they rely on tooling that has not yet been updated to + support DWARF Version 5. + endchoice # "DWARF version" config DEBUG_INFO_BTF |