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For now, at least [1][2]. See the rest of that thread.. llvm guys really don't want asm goto, and kernel really wants it. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/14/7
by berti 8y ago
For now, at least [1][2]. See the rest of that thread.. llvm guys really don't want asm goto, and kernel really wants it.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/14/724 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/14/724
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/14/157 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/14/157
- stefan_ 8y agoWell, yeah, that's what the other commentators here misunderstand. Sure the kernel is C, but a non-optional part is assembly in various forms that obviously is not standardized between compilers. So it takes effort to support kernel building. Google paid up and made that happen.