linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] Bump minimum supported version of LLVM to 11.0.0

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNASW2F3SxgR6ydMaW7-ZumsxDv2QQTDqVxqJA1JWN3r4FA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 17:26:21 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Tom Stellard <tstellar@...hat.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, cki-project@...hat.com,
        kernelci@...ups.io, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] Bump minimum supported version of LLVM to 11.0.0

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 4:41 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:57:57AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > This patch series raises the minimum supported version of LLVM to
> > 11.0.0.
> >
> > Patch #1 outlines the issue, goes over the potential impact of the
> > change, and does the actual bump. Subsequent patches clean up the
> > various checks that are always true after the bump.
> >
> > I have marked this revision as RFC to give various parties the option to
> > comment on this bump before it is done, namely KernelCI and Linaro's
> > LKFT, who are still testing clang-10. I have added some other folks to
> > CC that I know are testing with clang to see if this impacts them in any
> > way (as I would like to impact as few people as possible) but as far as
> > I am aware, most other CIs and developers are testing closer to tip of
> > tree. If that is not true, scream so that we can see what can be done
> > about that. If I missed anyone who is actively testing with clang,
> > please key them in and I will make sure to include them in future
> > revisions (if any are needed).
> >
> > It probably makes sense for this series to live in -mm.
>
> Sounds good to me. Thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> --
> Kees Cook


Only positive feedback so far.

All applied to linux-kbuild.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada