tinygo/loader
Ayke van Laethem 5792f3a1cf builder: improve accuracy of the -size=full flag
This commit improves accuracy of the -size=full flag in a big way.
Instead of relying on symbol names to figure out by which package
symbols belong, it will instead mostly use DWARF debug information
(specifically, debug line tables and debug information for global
variables) relying on symbols only for some specific things. This is
much more accurate: it also accounts for inlined functions.

For example, here is how it looked previously when compiling a personal
project:

     code  rodata    data     bss |   flash     ram | package
     1902     333       0       0 |    2235       0 | (bootstrap)
       46     256       0       0 |     302       0 | github
        0     454       0       0 |     454       0 | handleHardFault$string
      154      24       4       4 |     182       8 | internal/task
     2498      83       5    2054 |    2586    2059 | machine
        0      16      24     130 |      40     154 | machine$alloc
     1664      32      12       8 |    1708      20 | main
        0       0       0     200 |       0     200 | main$alloc
     2476      79       0      36 |    2555      36 | runtime
      576       0       0       0 |     576       0 | tinygo
     9316    1277      45    2432 |   10638    2477 | (sum)
    11208       -      48    6548 |   11256    6596 | (all)

And here is how it looks now:

     code  rodata    data     bss |   flash     ram | package
  ------------------------------- | --------------- | -------
     1509       0      12      23 |    1521      35 | (unknown)
      660       0       0       0 |     660       0 | C compiler-rt
       58       0       0       0 |      58       0 | C picolibc
        0       0       0    4096 |       0    4096 | C stack
      174       0       0       0 |     174       0 | device/arm
        6       0       0       0 |       6       0 | device/sam
      598     256       0       0 |     854       0 | github.com/aykevl/ledsgo
      320      24       0       4 |     344       4 | internal/task
     1414      99      24    2181 |    1537    2205 | machine
      726     352      12     208 |    1090     220 | main
     3002     542       0      36 |    3544      36 | runtime
      848       0       0       0 |     848       0 | runtime/volatile
       70       0       0       0 |      70       0 | time
      550       0       0       0 |     550       0 | tinygo.org/x/drivers/ws2812
  ------------------------------- | --------------- | -------
     9935    1273      48    6548 |   11256    6596 | total

There are some notable differences:

  * Odd packages like main$alloc and handleHardFault$string are gone,
    instead their code is put in the correct package.
  * C libraries and the stack are now included in the list, they were
    previously part of the (bootstrap) pseudo-package.
  * Unknown bytes are slightly reduced. It should be possible to reduce
    it significantly more in the future: most of it is now caused by
    interface invoke wrappers.
  * Inlined functions are now correctly attributed. For example, the
    runtime/volatile package is normally entirely inlined.
  * There is no difference between (sum) and (all) anymore. A better
    code size algorithm now counts the code/data sizes correctly.
  * And last (but not least) there is a stylistic change: the table now
    looks more like a table. Especially the summary should be clearer
    now.

Future goals:

  * Improve debug information so that the (unknown) pseudo-package is
    reduced in size or even eliminated altogether.
  * Add support for other file formats, most importantly WebAssembly.
  * Perhaps provide a way to expand this report per file, or in a
    machine-readable format like JSON or CSV.
2021-11-03 16:28:04 +01:00
..
errors.go main: match go test output 2021-05-06 20:04:16 +02:00
goroot.go baremetal,wasm: support command line params and environment variables 2021-08-12 21:19:24 +02:00
list.go loader: rewrite/refactor much of the code to use go list directly 2020-09-03 22:10:14 +02:00
loader.go builder: improve accuracy of the -size=full flag 2021-11-03 16:28:04 +01:00
ssa.go compiler: refactor and add tests 2021-01-15 14:43:43 +01:00