Re: [OE-core] [RFC 2/4] clang: Enable tests for llvm, clang, lld

Deepesh Varatharajan
2026-02-04T05:34:34Z

On 03-02-2026 21:38, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Varatharajan, Deepesh via lists.openembedded.org
>> Sent: den 3 februari 2026 15:03
>> To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
>> Cc: Randy.MacLeod@windriver.com; Sundeep.Kokkonda@windriver.com; Deepesh.Varatharajan@windriver.com
>> Subject: [OE-core] [RFC 2/4] clang: Enable tests for llvm, clang, lld
>>
>> From: Deepesh Varatharajan <Deepesh.Varatharajan@windriver.com>
>>
>> Enable the required LLVM, Clang, and LLD test build flags for both native
>> and target builds, and install the LLVM target tools needed to run tests
>> via llvm-lit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Deepesh Varatharajan <Deepesh.Varatharajan@windriver.com>
>> ---
>> meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb | 3 ++-
>> meta/recipes-devtools/clang/lld_git.bb | 2 +-
>> meta/recipes-devtools/clang/llvm_git.bb | 11 +++++++----
>> 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
>> index e10c327a2a..a1ff25f863 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
>> @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=OFF \
>> -DLLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE} \
>> -DLLVM_TABLEGEN_EXE=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/llvm-tblgen \
>> -DCLANG_TABLEGEN_EXE=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/clang-tblgen \
>> - -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF \
>> + -DCLANG_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON \
>> + -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON \
>> -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE='-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${WORKDIR}/toolchain-native.cmake' \
>> -DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} \
>> -DCMAKE_AR=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/llvm-ar \
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/lld_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/lld_git.bb
>> index ba36942790..1d3d80e117 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/lld_git.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/lld_git.bb
>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH = "${S}/lld"
>>
>> # Explicitly enable symlinks as the lld build doesn't call into the llvm setup
>> # and turn that on.
>> -EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_USE_SYMLINKS=ON \
>> +EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON -DLLVM_USE_SYMLINKS=ON \
>> -DLLVM_TABLEGEN_EXE=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/llvm-tblgen"
>>
>> BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/llvm_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/llvm_git.bb
>> index 96ea383731..6fed382d69 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/llvm_git.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/llvm_git.bb
>> @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel \
>> -DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} \
>> -DLLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX='${VER_SUFFIX}' \
>> -DLLVM_TEMPORARILY_ALLOW_OLD_TOOLCHAIN=ON \
>> - -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF \
>> + -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON \
>> + -DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
>> + -DLLVM_INSTALL_GTEST=ON \
>> -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF \
>> - -DLLVM_TOOL_OBJ2YAML_BUILD=OFF \
>> - -DLLVM_TOOL_YAML2OBJ_BUILD=OFF \
>> + -DLLVM_TOOL_OBJ2YAML_BUILD=ON \
>> + -DLLVM_TOOL_YAML2OBJ_BUILD=ON \
>> + -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BUILD=ON \
>> -DLLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE} \
>> -DLLVM_TABLEGEN=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/llvm-tblgen \
>> -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE='-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${WORKDIR}/toolchain-native.cmake' \
>> @@ -69,7 +72,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "eh rtti shared-libs
>> ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'lt
>> PACKAGECONFIG:remove:class-native = "lto thin-lto"
>>
>> PACKAGECONFIG[eh] = "-DLLVM_ENABLE_EH=ON,-DLLVM_ENABLE_EH=OFF"
>> -PACKAGECONFIG[exegesis] = "-DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BUILD=ON,-DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BUILD=OFF"
>> PACKAGECONFIG[libedit] = "-DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=ON,-DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=OFF,libedit"
>> PACKAGECONFIG[rtti] = "-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=ON,-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=OFF"
>> PACKAGECONFIG[shared-libs] = "-DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB=ON -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON,-DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB=OFF -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=OFF"
>> @@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS:append:class-nativesdk = " llvm_sysroot_preprocess"
>> llvm_sysroot_preprocess() {
>> install -d ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/
>> install -m 0755 ${S}/llvm/tools/llvm-config/llvm-config ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/
>> + install -m 0755 ${B}/bin/* ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir}/
>> }
>>
>> FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/llvm-config"
>> --
>> 2.49.0
> Will this noticeably affect build times? Because we never run the
> selftests in our environment so if it does, we would very much like
> to be able to turn this off.
>
> //Peter
Hi Peter,

We’ve measured this over multiple runs without using the poky sstate,
and the impact on overall build time is minimal.
Comparing before and after the change:

llvm increased by ~50 seconds
clang increased by ~15 seconds
lld increased by ~1 second

Regards,
Deepesh
>