kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files

Add rules to kbuild in order to generate LLVM assembly files with the .ll
extension when using clang.

  # from c code
  make CC=clang kernel/pid.ll

Signed-off-by: Vinícius Tinti <viniciustinti@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index d883116ebaa4..e5f1425c601f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ cmd_cc_symtypes_c =                                                         \
 $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
         $(call cmd,cc_symtypes_c)
 
+# 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 $@ $<
+
+$(obj)/%.ll: $(src)/%.c FORCE
+        $(call if_changed_dep,cc_ll_c)
+
 # C (.c) files
 # The C file is compiled and updated dependency information is generated.
 # (See cmd_cc_o_c + relevant part of rule_cc_o_c)