linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 04/12] arm64: Remove tautological LLVM Kconfig conditions

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Message-Id: <20250821-bump-min-llvm-ver-15-v2-4-635f3294e5f0@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:15:41 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@...il.com>, 
 Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, 
 llvm@...ts.linux.dev, patches@...ts.linux.dev, 
 Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/12] arm64: Remove tautological LLVM Kconfig
 conditions

Now that the minimum supported version of LLVM for building the kernel
has been bumped to 15.0.0, two sets of always true conditions can be
safely removed in the arm64 Kconfig file.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
---
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index e9bbfacc35a6..41c05562e9af 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1492,8 +1492,6 @@ choice
 
 config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	bool "Build big-endian kernel"
-	# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1379b150991f70a5782e9a143c2ba5308da1161c
-	depends on AS_IS_GNU || AS_VERSION >= 150000
 	help
 	  Say Y if you plan on running a kernel with a big-endian userspace.
 
@@ -2363,8 +2361,7 @@ config STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK
 
 config UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS
 	bool "Enable shadow call stack dynamically using code patching"
-	# needs Clang with https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/de07cde67b5d205d58690be012106022aea6d2b3 incorporated
-	depends on CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 150000
+	depends on CC_IS_CLANG
 	depends on ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL && CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET
 	depends on SHADOW_CALL_STACK
 	select UNWIND_TABLES

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