linux-kernel - Re: clang asm-goto support (Was Re: [PATCH v2] x86/retpoline: Add clang support)

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:31:22 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Yatsina, Marina" <marina.yatsina@...el.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: clang asm-goto support (Was Re: [PATCH v2] x86/retpoline: Add
 clang support)

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> If you ever get to the point where it makes sense to build a kernel with
> LLVM [...]

Just to speak to this point in particular: it makes sense to build
kernels with LLVM right now. It's already happened; millions of Pixel
2 phones are already running with Clang-built kernels. And even if
you're only interested in x86, that works too.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security