kernel: add DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED config option

Add DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED as a kernel config option and remove it from the
kernel configs. This is in preparation of the upcoming option to enable
BTF typeinfo, which is incompatible with DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED.

Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <[email protected]>

config/Config-kernel.in

@@ -373,6 +373,20 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
 	help
 	  This will compile your kernel and modules with debug information.
 
+config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
+	bool "Reduce debugging information"
+	default y
+	depends on KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
+	help
+	  If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging
+	  information for structure types. This means that tools that
+	  need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't
+	  be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to
+	  resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that
+	  build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full
+	  DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too.
+	  Only works with newer gcc versions.
+
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
 	bool
 	default n

target/linux/generic/config-5.10

@@ -1276,7 +1276,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 is not set
-CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set

target/linux/generic/config-5.15

@@ -1315,7 +1315,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_IRQFLAGS is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y