Building the Linux kernel with Clang and LLVM
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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
To: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>,
	Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] alpha: pass -Wa,-mev6 only when using GNU as
Date: Wed,  5 Aug 2026 14:55:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805185557.3283233-1-mattst88@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803-alpha-clang-v1-0-1c4ba5ba7a64@gmail.com>

That flag exists to stop gas emulating instructions the assembler thinks
the target lacks.  It is a gas-only option, and LLVM's integrated
assembler does not emulate instructions in the first place, so nothing
is needed there.

Condition it on CONFIG_AS_IS_GNU rather than the compiler, so it is
still passed for clang builds using GNU as (LLVM_IAS=0) and omitted only
for the integrated assembler.

Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
---
Only this patch changed; patch 2/2 ("alpha: read $gp and $sp explicitly
for clang") is unchanged from v1 and is not resent.

Changes in v2:
- Drop the scripts/Makefile.clang CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_alpha entry.  It
  will be sent separately when the alpha backend is upstreamed to LLVM.
- Condition -Wa,-mev6 on CONFIG_AS_IS_GNU rather than CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC,
  so it is still passed for clang builds using GNU as (LLVM_IAS=0).
- Reword the subject and commit message for the reduced scope.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260803-alpha-clang-v1-0-1c4ba5ba7a64@gmail.com

 arch/alpha/Makefile | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/Makefile b/arch/alpha/Makefile
index 35445ff2e489..7074602dca94 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ cpuflags-$(CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC)	:= -mcpu=ev56 -mtune=ev6
 cflags-y				+= $(cpuflags-y)
 
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
+
 # For TSUNAMI, we must have the assembler not emulate our instructions.
 # The same is true for IRONGATE, POLARIS, PYXIS.
 # BWX is most important, but we don't really want any emulation ever.
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) -Wa,-mev6
+# Only gas emulates instructions the target does not implement, and only gas
+# understands -mev6.  LLVM's integrated assembler never emulates.
+ifdef CONFIG_AS_IS_GNU
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wa,-mev6
+endif
 
 libs-y				+= arch/alpha/lib/
 
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-05 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-03 17:08 [PATCH 0/2] alpha: enable building with clang Matt Turner
2026-08-03 17:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Matt Turner
2026-08-03 20:56   ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-03 17:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] alpha: read $gp and $sp explicitly for clang Matt Turner
2026-08-03 21:15   ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-03 19:51 ` [PATCH 0/2] alpha: enable building with clang Nathan Chancellor
2026-08-05 18:55 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2026-08-05 21:27   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] alpha: pass -Wa,-mev6 only when using GNU as Magnus Lindholm

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