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Subject[PATCH] kbuild: add -fno-discard-value-names to cmd_cc_ll_c
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When debugging LLVM IR, it can be handy for clang to not discard value
names used for local variables and parameters. Compare the generated IR.

Implicit Default (-fdiscard-value-names):
define i32 @core_sys_select(i32 %0, ptr %1, ptr %2, ptr %3, ptr %4) {
%6 = alloca i64
%7 = alloca %struct.poll_wqueues
%8 = alloca [64 x i32]

Explicit -fno-discard-value-names:
define i32 @core_sys_select(i32 %n, ptr %inp, ptr %outp, ptr %exp,
ptr %end_time) {
%expire.i = alloca i64
%table.i = alloca %struct.poll_wqueues
%stack_fds = alloca [64 x i32]

The rule for generating human readable LLVM IR (.ll) is only useful as a
debugging feature:

$ make LLVM=1 fs/select.ll

Clang defaults to -fdiscard-value-names to save memory when generating
LLVM IR. For debugging purposes, the improvement in readability at a
cost of more verbose IR is a cost we're happy to pay.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
---
scripts/Makefile.build | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 27be77c0d6d8..d0e4f476dfee 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
# LLVM assembly
# Generate .ll files from .c
quiet_cmd_cc_ll_c = CC $(quiet_modtag) $@
- cmd_cc_ll_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -emit-llvm -S -o $@ $<
+ cmd_cc_ll_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -emit-llvm -S -fno-discard-value-names -o $@ $<

$(obj)/%.ll: $(src)/%.c FORCE
$(call if_changed_dep,cc_ll_c)
base-commit: 93ed07a23fd08b8613f64cf0a15d7fbdaca010fd
--
2.38.0.rc2.412.g84df46c1b4-goog

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