From fcf1b6a35c16ac500fa908a4022238e5d666eabf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Desaulniers Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:23:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: add documentation on building w/ Clang/LLVM Added to kbuild documentation. Provides more official info on building kernels with Clang and LLVM than our wiki. Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor Reviewed-by: Sedat Dilek Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- Documentation/kbuild/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 1 + 3 files changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst index 0f144fad99a6..3882bd5f7728 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Kernel Build System issues reproducible-builds + llvm .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d6c79eb4e23e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +============================== +Building Linux with Clang/LLVM +============================== + +This document covers how to build the Linux kernel with Clang and LLVM +utilities. + +About +----- + +The Linux kernel has always traditionally been compiled with GNU toolchains +such as GCC and binutils. Ongoing work has allowed for `Clang +`_ and `LLVM `_ utilities to be +used as viable substitutes. Distributions such as `Android +`_, `ChromeOS +`_, and `OpenMandriva +`_ use Clang built kernels. `LLVM is a +collection of toolchain components implemented in terms of C++ objects +`_. Clang is a front-end to LLVM that +supports C and the GNU C extensions required by the kernel, and is pronounced +"klang," not "see-lang." + +Clang +----- + +The compiler used can be swapped out via `CC=` command line argument to `make`. +`CC=` should be set when selecting a config and during a build. + + make CC=clang defconfig + + make CC=clang + +Cross Compiling +--------------- + +A single Clang compiler binary will typically contain all supported backends, +which can help simplify cross compiling. + + ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make CC=clang + +`CROSS_COMPILE` is not used to prefix the Clang compiler binary, instead +`CROSS_COMPILE` is used to set a command line flag: `--target `. For +example: + + clang --target aarch64-linux-gnu foo.c + +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 \\ + OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-objsize \\ + READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\ + HOSTLD=ld.lld + +Getting Help +------------ + +- `Website `_ +- `Mailing List `_: +- `Issue Tracker `_ +- IRC: #clangbuiltlinux on chat.freenode.net +- `Telegram `_: @ClangBuiltLinux +- `Wiki `_ +- `Beginner Bugs `_ + +Getting LLVM +------------- + +- http://releases.llvm.org/download.html +- https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project +- https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html +- https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html +- https://apt.llvm.org/ +- https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/llvm/ +- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/tc-build +- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki/Building-Clang-from-source +- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86/ diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 6158a143a13e..b6c6f3eee93c 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -4119,6 +4119,7 @@ B: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues C: irc://chat.freenode.net/clangbuiltlinux S: Supported K: \b(?i:clang|llvm)\b +F: Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst CLEANCACHE API M: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk