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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: add Chimera Linux, Google and Meta datacenters
On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 11:25:09AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Chimera Linux is a Linux distribution from 2021 that builds its kernels
> with Clang.
>
> Google transitioned its data center fleet to run Clang built kernels in
> 2021, and Meta did so as well in 2022. Meta talked about this at LPC
> 2022 at a talk titled Kernel Live Patching at Scale.
>
> These were important milestones for building the kernel with Clang.
> Making note of them helps improve confidence in the project.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

Reading a docs diff makes my head hurt :)

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

One note, the signoff plus authorship looks odd to me. Perhaps this
should be using Co-developed-by: ?

https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#when-to-use-acked-by-cc-and-co-developed-by
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst, "When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by:"

> ---
> Cc: Daniel Kolesa <q66@chimera-linux.org>
> Cc: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
> ---
> Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 15 +++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> index 6b2bac8e9ce0..6a37ab903e45 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> @@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ such as GCC and binutils. Ongoing work has allowed for `Clang
> <https://clang.llvm.org/>`_ and `LLVM <https://llvm.org/>`_ utilities to be
> used as viable substitutes. Distributions such as `Android
> <https://www.android.com/>`_, `ChromeOS
> -<https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os>`_, and `OpenMandriva
> -<https://www.openmandriva.org/>`_ use Clang built kernels. `LLVM is a
> -collection of toolchain components implemented in terms of C++ objects
> -<https://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html>`_. Clang is a front-end to LLVM that
> -supports C and the GNU C extensions required by the kernel, and is pronounced
> -"klang," not "see-lang."
> +https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os>`_, `OpenMandriva
> +<https://www.openmandriva.org/>`_, and `Chimera Linux
> +<https://chimera-linux.org/>`_ use Clang built kernels. Google's and Meta's
> +datacenter fleets also run kernels built with Clang.
> +
> +`LLVM is a collection of toolchain components implemented in terms of C++
> +objects <https://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html>`_. Clang is a front-end to LLVM
> +that supports C and the GNU C extensions required by the kernel, and is
> +pronounced "klang," not "see-lang."
>
> Clang
> -----
> --
> 2.39.1.456.gfc5497dd1b-goog
>

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