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Message-ID: <20180423174224.GA243180@google.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:42:24 -0700
From: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
JF Bastien <jfb@...gle.com>,
Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Clang patch stacks for LTS kernels (v4.4 and v4.9) and status
update
Hi Sedat,
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> [ CC Nick ]
> [ CC Arnd ]
> [ CC JF ]
> I wrote some early documentation (wiki) and tested/booted a
> clang-compiled kernel on x86-64 bare metal.
> The project was called "lll-project" these days.
> The followup - LLVMlinux project - seems to be somehow dead?
Yes, I think it stalled in 2014 or so. There is still a mailing list
with very occasional traffic.
> After reading your posting, I got really excited and had a quick look
> over the Linux v4.9.y-LTS patch-stack with additional stuff:
>
> $ git fetch https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel
> refs/sandbox/mka/llvm/v4.9_ext
> $ git checkout -b llvm_v4.9_ext FETCH_HEAD
>
> I like your commit subjects and messages.
>
> Before starting to compile I have some questions, I hope you can answer them.
>
> [ CLANG-VERSION ]
>
> Here on Debian/testing (will get Version 10 with codename "buster")
> AMD64 I have the choice of installing CLANG v4.0.1, v5.0.1 and v6.0.0.
> As you point out LLVM/CLANG v5.0 or higher are a good and faster
> choice than v4.0.
> Using CLANG >= 5.0 makes the *CLANG* patch-series obsolete?
Correct, preferably use clang v6 or newer.
> [ REFRESH PATCH-STACK ]
>
> What about the *FROMGIT* and *CUSTOM* patch-series?
> Are they in upstream in the meantime?
CUSTOM patches address issues in older kernels that have been fixed
upstream in a different, not easily backportable way. They will never
land in upstream.
FROMGIT patches should eventually land upstream, since they were taken
from a maintainer tree.
The commit message includes the upstream git hash, so you can easily
check if it has landed (though in some cases the hash changes ...)
> If yes, will you refresh this v4.9.y-LTS patch-stack?
I eventually will, the two FROMGIT patches are relatively recent, and
respinning the trees just to update the tags isn't one of my
priorities.
> [ ASM-GOTO ]
>
> Foremore, I have seen you have a "refs/sandbox/mka/llvm/v4.14" Git branch.
> Linux v4.14 is also an LTS release.
Yes, there is also a follow up post:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/22/943
> After Linux v4.9 "asm-goto" support was added which is GCC specific.
asm-goto was optional until a few weeks ago, when x86 maintainers
decided to make it mandatory, and thus break clang builds for x86:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/2/486
> Is there a workaround to compile Linux-kernel with any CLANG
> version?
You could revert the patch that makes asm-goto mandatory.
> You happen to know the status in LLVM upstream?
I know people are actively working on this, but don't know an ETA.
> [ X86-EFLAGS/IF ]
>
> AFAICS, I remember an EFLAGS/IF problem on X86 and interrupt handling.
> You happen to know if this is fixed in LLVM upstream?
> Some LLVM developers were interested in fixing this.
> Can you comment on this, JF (we had some email conversation in private in 2016)?
Yes, this has been fixed recently:
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36028
Cheers
Matthias
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