Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version

Based on a vote at the LLVM BoF at Plumbers 2020, we decided to start small, supporting just one formal upstream release of LLVM for now. We can probably widen the support window of supported versions over time. Also, note that LLVM's release process is different than GCC's. GCC tends to have 1 major release per year while releasing minor updates to the past 3 major versions. LLVM tends to support one major release and one minor release every six months. Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> Acked-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _kbuild_llvm:
+
 ==============================
 Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
 ==============================
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Getting Help
 - `Wiki <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki>`_
 - `Beginner Bugs <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
 
+.. _getting_llvm:
+
 Getting LLVM
 -------------
 

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
         Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 GNU C                  4.9              gcc --version
+Clang/LLVM (optional)  10.0.1           clang --version
 GNU make               3.81             make --version
 binutils               2.23             ld -v
 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
@@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ GCC
 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 computer.
 
+Clang/LLVM (optional)
+---------------------
+
+The latest formal release of clang and LLVM utils (according to
+`releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>`_) are supported for building
+kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds
+from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional
+docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`.
+
 Make
 ----
 
@@ -331,6 +341,11 @@ gcc
 
 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
 
+Clang/LLVM
+----------
+
+- :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.
+
 Make
 ----