linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version

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Message-ID: <20200828105334.GA30563@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:53:34 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:15:55PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Based on a vote at the LLVM BoF at Plumbers 2020, we decided to start
> small, supporting just one formal upstream release of LLVM for now.
> 
> We can probably widen the support window of supported versions over
> time.  Also, note that LLVM's release process is different than GCC's.
> GCC tends to have 1 major release per year while releasing minor updates
> to the past 3 major versions.  LLVM tends to support one major release
> and one minor release every six months.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> ---
> Changes V1 -> V2:
> * fix typo, as per Will.
> * add link to getting LLVM, as per Nathan.
> * collect tags.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Will