From 3519c4d6e08ea695658b961829d4a603acf8e28a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:15:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version
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.
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200826191555.3350406-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 4 ++++
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
index 2aac50b97921f0..3f10a9c4755157 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _kbuild_llvm:
+
==============================
Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
==============================
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Getting Help
- `Wiki <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki>`_
- `Beginner Bugs <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
+.. _getting_llvm:
+
Getting LLVM
-------------
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ee741763a3fcf7..dac17711dc1123 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
Program Minimal version Command to check the version
====================== =============== ========================================
GNU C 4.9 gcc --version
+Clang/LLVM (optional) 10.0.1 clang --version
GNU make 3.81 make --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
@@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ GCC
The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
computer.
+Clang/LLVM (optional)
+---------------------
+
+The latest formal release of clang and LLVM utils (according to
+`releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>`_) are supported for building
+kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds
+from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional
+docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`.
+
Make
----
@@ -331,6 +341,11 @@ gcc
- <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
+Clang/LLVM
+----------
+
+- :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.
+
Make
----