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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu24
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Makefile5
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 753b8763abae..f928cf6e3252 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -245,6 +245,30 @@ config MATOM
endchoice
+config CC_HAS_MARCH_NATIVE
+ # This flag might not be available in cross-compilers:
+ def_bool $(cc-option, -march=native)
+ # LLVM 18 has an easily triggered internal compiler error in core
+ # networking code with '-march=native' on certain systems:
+ # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/72026
+ # LLVM 19 introduces an optimization that resolves some high stack
+ # usage warnings that only appear wth '-march=native'.
+ depends on CC_IS_GCC || CLANG_VERSION >= 190100
+
+config X86_NATIVE_CPU
+ bool "Build and optimize for local/native CPU"
+ depends on X86_64
+ depends on CC_HAS_MARCH_NATIVE
+ help
+ Optimize for the current CPU used to compile the kernel.
+ Use this option if you intend to build the kernel for your
+ local machine.
+
+ Note that such a kernel might not work optimally on a
+ different x86 machine.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config X86_GENERIC
bool "Generic x86 support"
depends on X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 53daf4654f6c..1913d342969b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -173,8 +173,13 @@ else
# Use -mskip-rax-setup if supported.
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mskip-rax-setup)
+ifdef CONFIG_X86_NATIVE_CPU
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=native
+ KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += -Ctarget-cpu=native
+else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic
KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64 -Ztune-cpu=generic
+endif
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-red-zone
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel