On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 8:22 PM 'Matthias Maennich' via Clang Built Linux <clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 02:17:09PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > >As Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst implies, building the kernel with a > >full set of LLVM tools gets very verbose and unwieldy. > > > >Provide a single switch 'LLVM' to use Clang and LLVM tools instead of > >GCC and Binutils. You can pass LLVM=1 from the command line or as an > >environment variable. Then, Kbuild will use LLVM toolchains in your > >PATH environment. > > > >Please note LLVM=1 does not turn on the LLVM integrated assembler. > >You need to explicitly pass AS=clang to use it. When the upstream > >kernel is ready for the integrated assembler, I think we can make > >it default. > > > >We discussed what we need, and we agreed to go with a simple boolean > >switch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/28/494). > > > >Some items in the discussion: > > > >- LLVM_DIR > > > > When multiple versions of LLVM are installed, I just thought supporting > > LLVM_DIR=/path/to/my/llvm/bin/ might be useful. > > > > CC = $(LLVM_DIR)clang > > LD = $(LLVM_DIR)ld.lld > > ... > > > > However, we can handle this by modifying PATH. So, we decided to not do > > this. > > > >- LLVM_SUFFIX > > > > Some distributions (e.g. Debian) package specific versions of LLVM with > > naming conventions that use the version as a suffix. > > > > CC = clang$(LLVM_SUFFIX) > > LD = ld.lld(LLVM_SUFFIX) > > ... > > > > will allow a user to pass LLVM_SUFFIX=-11 to use clang-11 etc., > > but the suffixed versions in /usr/bin/ are symlinks to binaries in > > /usr/lib/llvm-#/bin/, so this can also be handled by PATH. > > > >- HOSTCC, HOSTCXX, etc. > > > > We can switch the host compilers in the same way: > > > > ifneq ($(LLVM),) > > HOSTCC = clang > > HOSTCXX = clang++ > > else > > HOSTCC = gcc > > HOSTCXX = g++ > > endif > > > > This may the right thing to do, but I could not make up my mind. > > Because we do not frequently switch the host compiler, a counter > > solution I had in my mind was to leave it to the default of the > > system. > > > > HOSTCC = cc > > HOSTCXX = c++ > > What about HOSTLD ? I saw recently, that setting HOSTLD=ld.lld is not > yielding the expected result (some tools, like e.g. fixdep still require > an `ld` to be in PATH to be built). I did not find the time to look into > that yet, but I would like to consistently switch to the llvm toolchain > (including linker and possibly more) also for hostprogs. HOSTLD=ld.lld worked for me, but HOSTCC=clang did not. HOSTCC=clang without CC=clang fails to build objtool. The build system of objtool is meh. :( HOSTCC scripts/mod/sumversion.o HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool error: unknown warning option '-Wstrict-aliasing=3'; did you mean '-Wstring-plus-int'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] HOSTCC /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/fixdep.o HOSTLD /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/fixdep-in.o LINK /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/fixdep CC /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/exec-cmd.o CC /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/help.o CC /home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/tools/objtool/pager.o > Cheers, > Matthias > > > > > Many distributions support update-alternatives to switch the default > > to GCC, Clang, or whatever, but reviewers were opposed to this > > approach. So, this commit does not touch the host tools. > > > >Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > >--- > > > > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 5 +++++ > > Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 5 +++++ > > Makefile | 20 ++++++++++++++++---- > > 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > >diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > >index 510f38d7e78a..2d1fc03d346e 100644 > >--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > >+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > >@@ -262,3 +262,8 @@ KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST > > These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during > > boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands > > whoami and host, respectively. > >+ > >+LLVM > >+---- > >+If this variable is set to 1, Kbuild will use Clang and LLVM utilities instead > >+of GCC and GNU binutils to build the kernel. > >diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst > >index d6c79eb4e23e..4602369f6a4f 100644 > >--- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst > >+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst > >@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ additional parameters to `make`. > > READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\ > > HOSTLD=ld.lld > > > >+You can use a single switch `LLVM=1` to use LLVM utilities by default (except > >+for building host programs). > >+ > >+ make LLVM=1 HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar HOSTLD=ld.lld > >+ > > Getting Help > > ------------ > > > >diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > >index c91342953d9e..6db89ecdd942 100644 > >--- a/Makefile > >+++ b/Makefile > >@@ -409,16 +409,28 @@ KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS := $(HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) > > KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS := $(HOST_LFS_LIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS) > > > > # Make variables (CC, etc...) > >-LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld > >-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc > > CPP = $(CC) -E > >+ifneq ($(LLVM),) > >+CC = clang > >+LD = ld.lld > >+AR = llvm-ar > >+NM = llvm-nm > >+OBJCOPY = llvm-objcopy > >+OBJDUMP = llvm-objdump > >+READELF = llvm-readelf > >+OBJSIZE = llvm-size > >+STRIP = llvm-strip > >+else > >+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc > >+LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld > > AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar > > NM = $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm > >-STRIP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip > > OBJCOPY = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy > > OBJDUMP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump > >-OBJSIZE = $(CROSS_COMPILE)size > > READELF = $(CROSS_COMPILE)readelf > >+OBJSIZE = $(CROSS_COMPILE)size > >+STRIP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip > >+endif > > PAHOLE = pahole > > LEX = flex > > YACC = bison > >-- > >2.17.1 > > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clang Built Linux" group. > >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clang-built-linux+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > >To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clang-built-linux/20200403051709.22407-1-masahiroy%40kernel.org. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clang Built Linux" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clang-built-linux+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clang-built-linux/20200406112220.GB126804%40google.com. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
