On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 08:40:51PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 8:08 PM 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built > Linux <clang-built-li...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 1:41 AM Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> > > wrote: > > > > > I guess this brings up the old question whether the compiler should > > > be worked around or just considered immature, but as it happens this > > > > Definitely a balancing act; we prioritize work based on what's > > feasible to work around vs must be implemented. A lot of my time is > > going into validation of asm goto right now, but others are ramping up > > on the integrated assembler (clang itself can be invoked as a > > substitute for GNU AS; but there's not enough support to do `make > > AS=clang` for the kernel just yet). > > Note that this bug is the same with both gas and AS=clang, which also > indicates that clang implemented the undocumented .rep directive > for compatibility. > > Overall I think we are at the point where building the kernel with clang-8 > is mature enough that we should work around bugs like this where it is > easy enough rather than waiting for clang-9.
While both assemblers seem to support both .rept and .rep, might it be an idea to check what the clang-8 situation is with .rept ? -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up