Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/lib.mk: handle both LLVM=1 and CC=clang builds

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Mon Jun 03 2024 - 18:47:20 EST


On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 04:32:30PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 11:37:50AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > The kselftests may be built in a couple different ways:
> > make LLVM=1
> > make CC=clang
> >
> > In order to handle both cases, set LLVM=1 if CC=clang. That way,the rest
> > of lib.mk, and any Makefiles that include lib.mk, can base decisions
> > solely on whether or not LLVM is set.
>
> ICBW but I believe there are still some architectures with clang but not
> lld support where there's a use case for using CC=clang.

Does CC=clang even work for the selftests? lib.mk here uses 'CC :=' so
won't CC=clang get overridden to CC=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc?

Cheers,
Nathan