Link postgres from all object files at once, to avoid the error-prone

SUBSYS.o step and allow for better optimization by the linker.

Instead of partial linking into SUBSYS.o, the list of object files is
assembled in objfiles.txt files that are expanded when the final
linking is done.

Because we are not yet sure how long command lines different platforms
can handle, the old way of linking is still available, by defining the
make variable PARTIAL_LINKING (e.g., make all PARTIAL_LINKING=1).  If
we determine that this is necessary for some platforms, then we will
document this in a more prominent place.

src/backend/Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/Makefile,v 1.125 2008/01/01 19:45:45 momjian Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/Makefile,v 1.126 2008/02/25 17:55:42 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ subdir = src/backend
 top_builddir = ../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-DIRS = access bootstrap catalog parser commands executor lib libpq \
+SUBDIRS = access bootstrap catalog parser commands executor lib libpq \
 	main nodes optimizer port postmaster regex rewrite \
 	storage tcop tsearch utils $(top_builddir)/src/timezone
 
-SUBSYSOBJS = $(DIRS:%=%/SUBSYS.o)
+include $(srcdir)/common.mk
 
 ifeq ($(enable_dtrace), yes)
 LOCALOBJS += utils/probes.o
 endif
 
-OBJS = $(SUBSYSOBJS) $(LOCALOBJS) $(top_builddir)/src/port/libpgport_srv.a
+OBJS = $(SUBDIROBJS) $(LOCALOBJS) $(top_builddir)/src/port/libpgport_srv.a
 
 # We put libpgport into OBJS, so remove it from LIBS; also add libldap
 LIBS := $(filter-out -lpgport, $(LIBS)) $(LDAP_LIBS_BE)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 
 postgres: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(export_dynamic) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(export_dynamic) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 endif
 endif
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
 
 postgres: $(OBJS) postgres.def libpostgres.a
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname $@$(X) --output-exp $@.exp --def postgres.def
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@$(X) -Wl,--base-file,$@.base $@.exp $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@$(X) -Wl,--base-file,$@.base $@.exp $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(LIBS)
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname $@$(X) --base-file $@.base --output-exp $@.exp --def postgres.def
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack,$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -o $@$(X) $@.exp $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack,$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -o $@$(X) $@.exp $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(LIBS)
 	rm -f $@.exp $@.base
 
 postgres.def: $(OBJS)
-	$(DLLTOOL) --export-all --output-def $@ $^
+	$(DLLTOOL) --export-all --output-def $@ $(call expand_subsys,$^)
 
 libpostgres.a: postgres.def
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname postgres.exe --def postgres.def --output-lib $@
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ LIBS += -lsecur32
 
 postgres: $(OBJS) postgres.def libpostgres.a $(WIN32RES)
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname $@$(X) --output-exp $@.exp --def postgres.def
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@$(X) -Wl,--base-file,$@.base $@.exp $(OBJS) $(WIN32RES) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@$(X) -Wl,--base-file,$@.base $@.exp $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LIBS)
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname $@$(X) --base-file $@.base --output-exp $@.exp --def postgres.def
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -o $@$(X) $@.exp $(OBJS) $(WIN32RES) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -o $@$(X) $@.exp $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LIBS)
 	rm -f $@.exp $@.base
 
 postgres.def: $(OBJS)
-	$(DLLTOOL) --export-all --output-def $@ $^
+	$(DLLTOOL) --export-all --output-def $@ $(call expand_subsys,$^)
 
 libpostgres.a: postgres.def
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname postgres.exe --def postgres.def --output-lib $@
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ endif # win32
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 
 postgres: $(POSTGRES_IMP)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -Wl,-bE:$(top_builddir)/src/backend/$(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) -Wl,-bE:$(top_builddir)/src/backend/$(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 $(POSTGRES_IMP): $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) SUBSYS.o $^
+	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) SUBSYS.o $(call expand_subsys,$^)
 ifeq ($(host_os), aix3.2.5)
 	$(MKLDEXPORT) SUBSYS.o $(bindir)/postgres > $@
 else
@@ -102,19 +102,14 @@ endif
 
 endif # aix
 
-# Parallel make trickery
-$(SUBSYSOBJS): $(DIRS:%=%-recursive) ;
-
-.PHONY: $(DIRS:%=%-recursive)
 # Update the commonly used headers before building the subdirectories
-$(DIRS:%=%-recursive): $(top_builddir)/src/include/parser/parse.h $(top_builddir)/src/include/utils/fmgroids.h
-	$(MAKE) -C $(subst -recursive,,$@) all
+$(SUBDIRS:%=%-recursive): $(top_builddir)/src/include/parser/parse.h $(top_builddir)/src/include/utils/fmgroids.h
 
 
 # The postgres.o target is needed by the rule in Makefile.global that
 # creates the exports file when MAKE_EXPORTS = true.
 postgres.o: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDREL) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(LDREL) $(LDFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 
 # The following targets are specified in make commands that appear in
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ $(top_builddir)/src/include/utils/fmgroids.h: utils/fmgroids.h
 	    $(LN_S) ../../../$(subdir)/utils/fmgroids.h .
 
 
-utils/probes.o: utils/probes.d $(SUBSYSOBJS)
+utils/probes.o: utils/probes.d $(SUBDIROBJS)
 	$(DTRACE) $(DTRACEFLAGS) -G -s $^ -o $@
 
 
@@ -241,7 +236,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 	rm -f postgres.dll postgres.def libpostgres.a $(WIN32RES)
 endif
-	for i in $(DIRS); do $(MAKE) -C $$i clean || exit; done
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f port/tas.s port/dynloader.c port/pg_sema.c port/pg_shmem.c
@@ -264,4 +258,4 @@ maintainer-clean: distclean
 # are up to date.  It saves the time of doing all the submakes.
 .PHONY: quick
 quick: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(export_dynamic) $^ $(LIBS) -o postgres
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(export_dynamic) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o postgres

src/backend/common.mk

 #
 # Common make rules for backend
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/common.mk,v 1.1 2008/02/19 10:30:06 petere Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/common.mk,v 1.2 2008/02/25 17:55:42 petere Exp $
 #
 
-SUBDIROBJS = $(SUBDIRS:%=%/SUBSYS.o)
+# When including this file, set OBJS to the object files created in
+# this directory and SUBDIRS to subdirectories containing more things
+# to build.
 
-all: SUBSYS.o
+ifdef PARTIAL_LINKING
+# old style: linking using SUBSYS.o
+subsysfilename = SUBSYS.o
+else
+# new style: linking all object files at once
+subsysfilename = objfiles.txt
+endif
+
+SUBDIROBJS = $(SUBDIRS:%=%/$(subsysfilename))
+
+# top-level backend directory obviously has its own "all" target
+ifneq ($(subdir), src/backend)
+all: $(subsysfilename)
+endif
 
 SUBSYS.o: $(SUBDIROBJS) $(OBJS)
 	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) $@ $^
 
+objfiles.txt: $(SUBDIROBJS) $(OBJS)
+	( $(if $(SUBDIROBJS),cat $(SUBDIROBJS); )echo $(addprefix $(subdir)/,$(OBJS)) ) >$@
+
+# make function to expand objfiles.txt contents
+expand_subsys = $(foreach file,$(filter %/objfiles.txt,$(1)),$(patsubst ../../src/backend/%,%,$(addprefix $(top_builddir)/,$(shell cat $(file))))) $(filter-out %/objfiles.txt,$(1))
+
+# Parallel make trickery
 $(SUBDIROBJS): $(SUBDIRS:%=%-recursive) ;
 
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS:%=%-recursive)
 $(SUBDIRS:%=%-recursive):
-	$(MAKE) -C $(subst -recursive,,$@) SUBSYS.o
+	$(MAKE) -C $(subst -recursive,,$@) all
 
 clean: clean-local
 clean-local:
 ifdef SUBDIRS
 	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do $(MAKE) -C $$dir clean || exit; done
 endif
-	rm -f SUBSYS.o $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $(subsysfilename) $(OBJS)