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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] Makefile: lld: tell clang to use lld
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 4:09 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> This is needed because clang doesn't select which linker to use based on
> $LD but rather -fuse-ld={bfd,gold,lld,<absolute path to linker>}. This
> is problematic especially for cc-ldoption, which checks for linker flag
> support via invoking the compiler, rather than the linker.
>
> Select the linker via absolute path from $PATH via `which`. This allows
> you to build with:
>
> $ make LD=ld.lld
> $ make LD=ld.lld-8
> $ make LD=/path/to/ld.lld
>
> Add -Qunused-arguments to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS when using LLD, as otherwise
> Clang likes to complain about -fuse-lld= being unused when compiling but
> not linking (-c) such as when cc-option is used.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/342
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/366
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/357
> Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> ---
> Changes V2->V3:
> * Use absolute path based on `which $LD` as per Masahiro.

This is not what I suggested. I wanted to say:
"You cannot do this for GCC, so do not do it at all".

I want to propose alternative solution.
Please check the attached patches.

To apply 0002, you need the following as a prerequisite:

https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1057685/



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
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