Re: [PATCH v3] kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM bitcode files

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Matthias,


2017-04-05 2:27 GMT+09:00 Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: VinÃcius Tinti <viniciustinti@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add rules to kbuild in order to generate LLVM bitcode files with the .ll
> extension when using clang.


First, I'd like to be sure about the terminology "LLVM bitcode"
because "bitcode" sounds like human-unreadable binary.


For example, 'man llvm-as' says:
    llvm-as  is  the  LLVM  assembler.  It reads a file containing
    human-readable LLVM assembly language, translates it to LLVM
    bitcode, and writes the result into a file or to standard output.


As far as I understood:

*.ll   -  LLVM assembly  (human readable file)
*.bc   -  LLVM bitcode   (binary file)

Is this correct?






>   # from c code
>   CC=clang make kernel/pid.ll

This does not work because CC is overridden in the top-level Makefile.
It should be
    make CC=clang kernel/pid.ll




>   # from asm code
>   CC=clang make arch/x86/kernel/preempt.ll

arch/x86/kernel/preempt.* does not exist
(at least in the latest tree).




> +
> +quiet_cmd_as_ll_S = CPP $(quiet_modtag) $@
> +      cmd_as_ll_S = $(CPP) $(a_flags)   -o $@ $<
> +
> +$(obj)/%.ll: $(src)/%.S FORCE
> +       $(call if_changed_dep,as_ll_S)
> +

I could not understand how this rule can convert
architecture-specific assembly to LLVM intermediate expression.

This is just pre-processing *.S file.


Actually, this is completely the same as the rule *.S -> *.s

quiet_cmd_cpp_s_S = CPP $(quiet_modtag) $@
cmd_cpp_s_S       = $(CPP) $(a_flags) -o $@ $<

$(obj)/%.s: $(src)/%.S FORCE
      $(call if_changed_dep,cpp_s_S)





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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada