linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] set clang minimum version to 10.0.1

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Message-ID: <20200903172847.GA1928336@ubuntu-n2-xlarge-x86>
Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 10:28:47 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] set clang minimum version to 10.0.1

On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:06:43PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 12:59 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Adds a compile time #error to compiler-clang.h setting the effective
> > minimum supported version to clang 10.0.1. A separate patch has already
> > been picked up into the Documentation/ tree also confirming the version.
> >
> > Next are a series of reverts. One for 32b arm is a partial revert.
> >
> > Then Marco suggested fixes to KASAN docs.
> >
> > Finally, improve the warning for GCC too as per Kees.
> >
> > Patches after 001 are new for v2.
> >
> > v3 just collects tags and fixes typos in a few commit messages.
> >
> 
> Through which Git tree is this patch-series going through?
> Do the new LLVM/Clang maintainers already have their own Git tree @
> git.kernel.org?

I would say this should go through either Andrew or Masahiro. We do not
have a formal git tree plus I believe there are other things that need
to happen before we can push stuff to Linus.

> Is this patch-series material for Linux v5.9 or v5.10?
> 
> - Sedat -

Given that this is not a regression or a bug fix, it should go into 5.10
in my opinion.

Cheers,
Nathan