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[v2,1/2] kbuild: replace AS=clang with LLVM_IA=1

Message ID 20200407184336.14612-1-masahiroy@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2,1/2] kbuild: replace AS=clang with LLVM_IA=1 | expand

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Masahiro Yamada April 7, 2020, 6:43 p.m. UTC
The 'AS' variable is unused for building the kernel. Only the remaining
usage is to turn on the integrated assembler. A boolean flag is a better
fit for this purpose.

AS=clang was added for experts. So, I replaced it with LLVM_IA=1,
breaking the backward compatibility.

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

Changes in v2:
  - new patch

 Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 5 ++++-
 Makefile                      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Nathan Chancellor April 7, 2020, 6:45 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 03:43:35AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The 'AS' variable is unused for building the kernel. Only the remaining
> usage is to turn on the integrated assembler. A boolean flag is a better
> fit for this purpose.
> 
> AS=clang was added for experts. So, I replaced it with LLVM_IA=1,
> breaking the backward compatibility.
> 
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Nick Desaulniers April 7, 2020, 7:03 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 11:44 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> The 'AS' variable is unused for building the kernel. Only the remaining
> usage is to turn on the integrated assembler. A boolean flag is a better
> fit for this purpose.
>
> AS=clang was added for experts. So, I replaced it with LLVM_IA=1,
> breaking the backward compatibility.
>
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

Thank you for this series!
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - new patch
>
>  Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 5 ++++-
>  Makefile                      | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> index eefbdfa3e4d9..2b40afa58049 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> @@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ LLVM Utilities
>  LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. These can be invoked as
>  additional parameters to `make`.
>
> -       make CC=clang AS=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
> +       make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
>           OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\
>           READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\
>           HOSTLD=ld.lld
>
> +Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
> +LLVM_IA=1 to enable it.
> +
>  Getting Help
>  ------------
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 1b2691057cb5..f9beb696d6d3 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ endif
>  ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)
>  CLANG_FLAGS    += --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
>  endif
> -ifeq ($(if $(AS),$(shell $(AS) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang)),)
> +ifneq ($(LLVM_IA),1)
>  CLANG_FLAGS    += -no-integrated-as
>  endif
>  CLANG_FLAGS    += -Werror=unknown-warning-option
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
index eefbdfa3e4d9..2b40afa58049 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@  LLVM Utilities
 LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. These can be invoked as
 additional parameters to `make`.
 
-	make CC=clang AS=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
+	make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
 	  OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\
 	  READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\
 	  HOSTLD=ld.lld
 
+Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
+LLVM_IA=1 to enable it.
+
 Getting Help
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b2691057cb5..f9beb696d6d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@  endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
 endif
-ifeq ($(if $(AS),$(shell $(AS) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang)),)
+ifneq ($(LLVM_IA),1)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -no-integrated-as
 endif
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -Werror=unknown-warning-option