38b10b269d
Now the arch code is mostly ready for LLVM/Clang consumption, it is time to re-organize the CFLAGS a little to actually enable the LLVM build. Namely, all -G0 switches from CFLAGS are removed, and -mexplicit-relocs and -mdirect-extern-access are now wrapped with cc-option (with the related asm/percpu.h definition guarded against toolchain combos that are known to not work). A build with !RELOCATABLE && !MODULE is confirmed working within a QEMU environment; support for the two features are currently blocked on LLVM/Clang, and will come later. Why -G0 can be removed: In GCC, -G stands for "small data threshold", that instructs the compiler to put data smaller than the specified threshold in a dedicated "small data" section (called .sdata on LoongArch and several other arches). However, benefiting from this would require ABI cooperation, which is not the case for LoongArch; and current GCC behave the same whether -G0 (equal to disabling this optimization) is given or not. So, remove -G0 from CFLAGS altogether for one less thing to care about. This also benefits LLVM/Clang compatibility where the -G switch is not supported. Why -mexplicit-relocs can now be conditionally applied without regressions: Originally -mexplicit-relocs is unconditionally added to CFLAGS in case of CONFIG_AS_HAS_EXPLICIT_RELOCS, because not having it (i.e. old GCC + new binutils) would not work: modules will have R_LARCH_ABS_* relocs inside, but given the rarity of such toolchain combo in the wild, it may not be worthwhile to support it, so support for such relocs in modules were not added back when explicit relocs support was upstreamed, and -mexplicit-relocs is unconditionally added to fail the build early. Now that Clang compatibility is desired, given Clang is behaving like -mexplicit-relocs from day one but without support for the CLI flag, we must ensure the flag is not passed in case of Clang. However, explicit compiler flavor checks can be more brittle than feature detection: in this case what actually matters is support for __attribute__((model)) when building modules. Given neither older GCC nor current Clang support this attribute, probing for the attribute support and #error'ing out would allow proper UX without checking for Clang, and also automatically work when Clang support for the attribute is to be added in the future. Why -mdirect-extern-access is now conditionally applied: This is actually a nice-to-have optimization that can reduce GOT accesses, but not having it is harmless either. Because Clang does not support the option currently, but might do so in the future, conditional application via cc-option ensures compatibility with both current and future Clang versions. Suggested-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> # cc-option changes Signed-off-by: WANG Xuerui <git@xen0n.name> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn> |
||
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| io_uring | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.