Re: Clang/LLVM 'main' regression testing and -Wthread-safety

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 07:22:26AM -0500, Aaron Ballman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
> > It has always been on my backburner to try and get a build of the Linux
> > kernel as part of LLVM's continuous integration but I have never had the
> > time to sit down and interface with folks to see what exactly that
> > entails (I figured it would involve integration with LLVM's build bot
> > infrastructure but I have not dug in super hard to the documentation).
> > An arm64 and x86_64 defconfig build would probably catch quite a bit of
> > initial breakage and it would be easy to pin Linux's version and only
> > bump it when thoroughly tested.
> 
> FWIW, I continue to be in full support of adding post-commit CI
> resources for testing Linux kernel needs. I'm not super familiar with
> the infrastructure side of things, but I'm happy to help make
> connections with the folks who do know if it's of help.

Yes, I would greatly appreciate that! I would like to see what it would
entail in full, as I could potentially carve out some time this quarter
or next to actually get it going since it would be beneficial for both
sides.

Cheers,
Nathan