linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 008/107] kbuild: replace AS=clang with LLVM

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Message-Id: <20200824082405.456721950@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:29:34 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 008/107] kbuild: replace AS=clang with LLVM_IAS=1

From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

commit 7e20e47c70f810d678d02941fa3c671209c4ca97 upstream.

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_IAS=1,
breaking the backward compatibility.

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst |    5 ++++-
 Makefile                      |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- 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_IAS=1` to enable it.
+
 Getting Help
 ------------
 
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ 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_IAS),1)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -no-integrated-as
 endif
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -Werror=unknown-warning-option