The limitations of the compilation db are not limited to the kernel. Why shouldn't the change be made in the llvm project ? Tom On 6/28/22 5:27 AM, Daniel Thompson wrote:
This patch set makes it possible to use clang based tools, such as the clangd completion engine, regardless of our choice of compiler for the actual kernel build. Most of the fine details are included in the patch header for the first patch (since we'd like them to appear in the kernel history so they can help future archaeologists). Daniel Thompson (2): clang-tools: Generate clang compatible output even with gcc builds Makefile: Enable clang-tidy and clang-analyzer for gcc builds Makefile | 11 ++-- scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) base-commit: a111daf0c53ae91e71fd2bfe7497862d14132e3e -- 2.35.1