linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: add documentation on building w/ Clang/LLVM

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:23:31 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: add documentation on building w/
 Clang/LLVM

On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 15:18 -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 2:21 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-02-25 at 13:56 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > I think we should take a specific version stand as the
> > > "minimum" version. Being able to build x86 defconfig is a good minimum
> > > IMO.
> > 
> > Agree.
> > 
> > It's odd to say that clang 4 is fine for arm when it's
> > not fine for x86.  It's also reasonable to expect arm
> > users to upgrade their compiler to a more recent version
> > when the only cost is a very small bit of time.
> 
> That's a very x86 centric point of view.

Really?

How many code generation improvements and possible defects
have been corrected between clang 4 and clang 10 for arm?

I presume more than a few.