linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] LLVMLinux: Patches to enable the kernel to be compiled with clang/LLVM

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Message-ID: <20140731103323.GL26853@arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:33:23 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	"behanw@...verseincode.com" <behanw@...verseincode.com>
Cc:	"ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org" <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"k.khlebnikov@...sung.com" <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>,
	"olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>,
	"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"takahiro.akashi@...aro.org" <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
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	"dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] LLVMLinux: Patches to enable the kernel to be
 compiled with clang/LLVM

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:57:25AM +0100, behanw@...verseincode.com wrote:
> From: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
> 
> This patch set moves from using locally defined named registers to access the
> stack pointer to using a globally defined named register. This allows the code
> to work both with gcc and clang.
> 
> The LLVMLinux project aims to fully build the Linux kernel using both gcc and
> clang (the C front end for the LLVM compiler infrastructure project). 
> 
> Behan Webster (4):
>   arm64: LLVMLinux: Add current_stack_pointer() for arm64
>   arm64: LLVMLinux: Use current_stack_pointer in save_stack_trace_tsk
>   arm64: LLVMLinux: Calculate current_thread_info from
>     current_stack_pointer
>   arm64: LLVMLinux: Use current_stack_pointer in kernel/traps.c

Once Andreas's comments have been addressed:

  Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Please can you send a new series after the merge window?

Cheers,

Will
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