BACKPORT: scripts/Makefile.clang: default to LLVM_IAS=1

LLVM_IAS=1 controls enabling clang's integrated assembler via
-integrated-as. This was an explicit opt in until we could enable
assembler support in Clang for more architecures. Now we have support
and CI coverage of LLVM_IAS=1 for all architecures except a few more
bugs affecting s390 and powerpc.

This commit flips the default from opt in via LLVM_IAS=1 to opt out via
LLVM_IAS=0.  CI systems or developers that were previously doing builds
with CC=clang or LLVM=1 without explicitly setting LLVM_IAS must now
explicitly opt out via LLVM_IAS=0, otherwise they will be implicitly
opted-in.

This finally shortens the command line invocation when cross compiling
with LLVM to simply:

$ make ARCH=arm64 LLVM=1

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Bug: 209655537
[nd: conflict in Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst]
(cherry picked from commit f12b034afeb3a977bbb1c6584dedc0f3dc666f14)
Change-Id: I026d42aa40c83eb149c8e39fe91a0b0164ff71b0
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@ -61,8 +61,71 @@ They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters: ::
READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \
HOSTLD=ld.lld
Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
``LLVM_IAS=1`` to enable it.
The integrated assembler is enabled by default. You can pass ``LLVM_IAS=0`` to
disable it.
Omitting CROSS_COMPILE
----------------------
As explained above, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is used to set ``--target=<triple>``.
If ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is not specified, the ``--target=<triple>`` is inferred
from ``ARCH``.
That means if you use only LLVM tools, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` becomes unnecessary.
For example, to cross-compile the arm64 kernel::
make ARCH=arm64 LLVM=1
If ``LLVM_IAS=0`` is specified, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is also used to derive
``--prefix=<path>`` to search for the GNU assembler and linker. ::
make ARCH=arm64 LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=0 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
Supported Architectures
-----------------------
LLVM does not target all of the architectures that Linux supports and
just because a target is supported in LLVM does not mean that the kernel
will build or work without any issues. Below is a general summary of
architectures that currently work with ``CC=clang`` or ``LLVM=1``. Level
of support corresponds to "S" values in the MAINTAINERS files. If an
architecture is not present, it either means that LLVM does not target
it or there are known issues. Using the latest stable version of LLVM or
even the development tree will generally yield the best results.
An architecture's ``defconfig`` is generally expected to work well,
certain configurations may have problems that have not been uncovered
yet. Bug reports are always welcome at the issue tracker below!
.. list-table::
:widths: 10 10 10
:header-rows: 1
* - Architecture
- Level of support
- ``make`` command
* - arm
- Supported
- ``LLVM=1``
* - arm64
- Supported
- ``LLVM=1``
* - mips
- Maintained
- ``CC=clang``
* - powerpc
- Maintained
- ``CC=clang``
* - riscv
- Maintained
- ``CC=clang``
* - s390
- Maintained
- ``CC=clang``
* - x86
- Supported
- ``LLVM=1``
Getting Help
------------

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@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ else
CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
endif # CROSS_COMPILE
ifneq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),0)
CLANG_FLAGS += -no-integrated-as
GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)elfedit))
CLANG_FLAGS += --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE))