Add LLVM + CLANG 18 support

Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt

@@ -238,3 +238,8 @@ KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN
 All object files for the main part of vmlinux.
 KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT and KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN together specify
 all the object files used to link vmlinux.
+
+LLVM
+--------------------------------------------------
+If this variable is set to 1, Kbuild will use Clang and LLVM utilities instead
+of GCC and GNU binutils to build the kernel.

Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+==============================
+Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
+==============================
+
+This document covers how to build the Linux kernel with Clang and LLVM
+utilities.
+
+About
+-----
+
+The Linux kernel has always traditionally been compiled with GNU toolchains
+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."
+
+Clang
+-----
+
+The compiler used can be swapped out via `CC=` command line argument to `make`.
+`CC=` should be set when selecting a config and during a build.
+
+	make CC=clang defconfig
+
+	make CC=clang
+
+Cross Compiling
+---------------
+
+A single Clang compiler binary will typically contain all supported backends,
+which can help simplify cross compiling.
+
+	ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make CC=clang
+
+`CROSS_COMPILE` is not used to prefix the Clang compiler binary, instead
+`CROSS_COMPILE` is used to set a command line flag: `--target <triple>`. For
+example:
+
+	clang --target aarch64-linux-gnu foo.c
+
+LLVM Utilities
+--------------
+
+LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. Kbuild supports `LLVM=1`
+to enable them.
+
+	make LLVM=1
+
+They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters:
+
+	make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
+	  OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\
+	  READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\
+	  HOSTLD=ld.lld
+
+Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
+`LLVM_IAS=1` to enable it.
+
+Getting Help
+------------
+
+- `Website <https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io/>`_
+- `Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/clang-built-linux>`_: <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>
+- `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues>`_
+- IRC: #clangbuiltlinux on chat.freenode.net
+- `Telegram <https://t.me/ClangBuiltLinux>`_: @ClangBuiltLinux
+- `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
+-------------
+
+- http://releases.llvm.org/download.html
+- https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
+- https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html
+- https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html
+- https://apt.llvm.org/
+- https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/llvm/
+- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/tc-build
+- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki/Building-Clang-from-source
+- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86/

MAINTAINERS

@@ -3134,6 +3134,15 @@ L:	alsa-devel@alsa-project.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/soc/codecs/cs*
 
+CLANG/LLVM BUILD SUPPORT
+L:	clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com
+W:	https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io/
+B:	https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues
+C:	irc://chat.freenode.net/clangbuiltlinux
+S:	Supported
+K:	\b(?i:clang|llvm)\b
+F:	Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
+
 CLEANCACHE API
 M:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org