Re: [PATCH] arm64: support __int128 with clang

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Tue Apr 24 2018 - 09:59:47 EST


On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 06:20:11PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>> Would you review/merge this when you have a chance?
>>
>> No real objection from me, but does the arm64 kernel actually build with
>> clang?
>
> I've been told that Android is moving their kernel builds over to
> clang entirely.

More info:
https://github.com/nathanchance/android-kernel-clang
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86/#llvm-users
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromiumos/overlays/chromiumos-overlay/+/809774

I think we have good reason for merging this patch.