# Copyright 2023-2026 Gentoo Authors # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 EAPI=8 # LLVM support for Clang/LTO builds LLVM_COMPAT=( {17..22} ) LLVM_OPTIONAL=1 inherit kernel-build toolchain-funcs llvm-r2 optfeature # Pin patch and config inputs so Manifest checks cover exact upstream bytes. CACHYOS_PATCHES_COMMIT="d5db2a953637445998d2b0e5ab52ea9c04860a24" CACHYOS_CONFIGS_COMMIT="7269746718b4352087c1418f67e71bbf45fe3184" CACHYOS_PR="$(( ${PR#r} + 1 ))" # CachyOS pre-patched tarball MY_P="cachyos-$(ver_cut 1-3)-${CACHYOS_PR}" # Gentoo genpatches for the 7.2 series. GENPATCHES_VER=7 # ZFS commit for kernel-builtin-zfs support ZFS_COMMIT="71a9f9578616a90c3c14bb59629fb4d31bfd68d1" CACHYOS_SERIES="$(ver_cut 1-2)" CACHYOS_PATCH_URI="https://github.com/CachyOS/kernel-patches/raw/${CACHYOS_PATCHES_COMMIT}/${CACHYOS_SERIES}" CACHYOS_CONFIG_URI="https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos/raw/${CACHYOS_CONFIGS_COMMIT}" CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX="cachyos-kernel-patches-${CACHYOS_PATCHES_COMMIT}-${CACHYOS_SERIES}" CACHYOS_CONFIG_PREFIX="linux-cachyos-${CACHYOS_CONFIGS_COMMIT}" DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel built with CachyOS patches (BORE, LTO, AutoFDO, BBR3 and more)" HOMEPAGE=" https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos https://github.com/Szowisz/CachyOS-kernels " SRC_URI=" https://github.com/CachyOS/linux/releases/download/${MY_P}/${MY_P}.tar.gz https://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/dist/genpatches/genpatches-$(ver_cut 1-2)-${GENPATCHES_VER}.base.tar.xz https://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/dist/genpatches/genpatches-$(ver_cut 1-2)-${GENPATCHES_VER}.extras.tar.xz ${CACHYOS_CONFIG_URI}/linux-cachyos/config -> ${CACHYOS_CONFIG_PREFIX}-config bore? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/sched/0001-bore-cachy.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-bore.patch ) bmq? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/sched/0001-prjc-cachy.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-prjc.patch ) pds? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/sched/0001-prjc-cachy.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-prjc.patch ) muqss? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/sched/0001-muqss-cachy.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-muqss.patch ) rt? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/misc/0001-rt-i915.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-rt-i915.patch ) rt-bore? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/sched/0001-bore-cachy.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-bore.patch ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/misc/0001-rt-i915.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-rt-i915.patch ) ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/misc/dkms-clang.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-dkms-clang.patch aufs? ( ${CACHYOS_PATCH_URI}/misc/0001-aufs-7.2-merge-v20260907.patch -> ${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}-aufs.patch ) kernel-builtin-zfs? ( https://github.com/cachyos/zfs/archive/${ZFS_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> zfs-${ZFS_COMMIT}.tar.gz ) " S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}" LICENSE="GPL-3" KEYWORDS="~amd64" IUSE=" +bore bmq pds muqss rt rt-bore eevdf server aufs kcfi +clang +autofdo +propeller +llvm-lto-thin llvm-lto-full llvm-lto-thin-dist llvm-lto-none kernel-builtin-zfs hz_ticks_100 hz_ticks_250 hz_ticks_300 hz_ticks_500 hz_ticks_600 hz_ticks_750 +hz_ticks_1000 +per-gov tickrate_periodic tickrate_idle +tickrate_full +preempt_full preempt_lazy +o3 os debug +bbr3 +hugepage_always hugepage_madvise mgeneric mgeneric_v1 mgeneric_v2 mgeneric_v3 mgeneric_v4 +mnative mzen4 " # Scheduler patches carried in kernel-patches but unavailable for 7.2: # - hardened remains on 7.1.8 # - PRJC-LFBMQ has no 7.2 patch family # - deckify remains upstream, but its handheld patch does not apply to 7.2.6 # - bare BORE fails 10 of 23 kernel/sched/fair.c hunks on cachyos-7.2.6-1 REQUIRED_USE=" ^^ ( bore bmq pds muqss rt rt-bore eevdf ) propeller? ( clang !llvm-lto-full !llvm-lto-none ) clang? ( ${LLVM_REQUIRED_USE} ) autofdo? ( || ( llvm-lto-thin llvm-lto-full llvm-lto-thin-dist ) ) kernel-builtin-zfs? ( !kcfi ) ^^ ( llvm-lto-thin llvm-lto-full llvm-lto-thin-dist llvm-lto-none ) llvm-lto-thin? ( clang ) llvm-lto-full? ( clang ) llvm-lto-thin-dist? ( clang ) kcfi? ( clang ) ^^ ( hz_ticks_100 hz_ticks_250 hz_ticks_300 hz_ticks_500 hz_ticks_600 hz_ticks_750 hz_ticks_1000 ) ^^ ( tickrate_periodic tickrate_idle tickrate_full ) ^^ ( preempt_full preempt_lazy ) ?? ( o3 os debug ) ^^ ( hugepage_always hugepage_madvise ) ?? ( mgeneric mgeneric_v1 mgeneric_v2 mgeneric_v3 mgeneric_v4 mnative mzen4 ) " RDEPEND=" !sys-kernel/cachyos-sources:${SLOT} autofdo? ( dev-util/perf[libpfm] ) " BDEPEND=" clang? ( $(llvm_gen_dep ' llvm-core/llvm:${LLVM_SLOT} llvm-core/clang:${LLVM_SLOT} llvm-core/lld:${LLVM_SLOT} ') ) dev-util/pahole " PDEPEND=" >=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}_p${PR#r} " QA_FLAGS_IGNORED=" usr/src/linux-.*/scripts/gcc-plugins/.*.so usr/src/linux-.*/vmlinux usr/src/linux-.*/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.*/vdso.*.so.dbg " _set_hztick_rate() { local _HZ_ticks=$1 if use muqss; then scripts/config \ -d HZ_100_NODEF -d HZ_250_NODEF -d HZ_300_NODEF \ -d HZ_500_NODEF -d HZ_600_NODEF -d HZ_750_NODEF \ -d HZ_1000_NODEF -e "HZ_${_HZ_ticks}_NODEF" \ --set-val HZ "${_HZ_ticks}" || die elif [[ $_HZ_ticks == 300 ]]; then scripts/config -e HZ_300 --set-val HZ 300 || die else scripts/config -d HZ_300 -e "HZ_${_HZ_ticks}" --set-val HZ "${_HZ_ticks}" || die fi } pkg_setup() { if use clang; then llvm-r2_pkg_setup local llvm_bindir llvm_bindir="$(get_llvm_prefix -b)/bin" export LLVM=1 export LLVM_IAS=1 export CC="${llvm_bindir}/clang" export CXX="${llvm_bindir}/clang++" export LD="${llvm_bindir}/ld.lld" export AR="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-ar" export NM="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-nm" export OBJCOPY="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-objcopy" export OBJDUMP="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-objdump" export READELF="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-readelf" export STRIP="${llvm_bindir}/llvm-strip" else tc-export CC CXX fi kernel-build_pkg_setup } src_unpack() { default # Unpack genpatches # (kernel-build does not use kernel-2's UNIPATCH mechanism) # Unpack ZFS if requested if use kernel-builtin-zfs; then unpack "zfs-${ZFS_COMMIT}.tar.gz" mv "zfs-${ZFS_COMMIT}" "${S}/zfs" || die cp "${FILESDIR}/kernel-build.sh" "${S}/" || die fi } src_prepare() { local patches_prefix="${DISTDIR}/${CACHYOS_PATCH_PREFIX}" local configs_prefix="${DISTDIR}/${CACHYOS_CONFIG_PREFIX}" # --- Apply genpatches (base + extras) --- # Genpatches extract into ${WORKDIR}/ as numbered .patch files # Exclude kernel version upgrade patches (10xx_linux-*.patch) since # the CachyOS tarball already includes the latest point release local genpatch genpatch_name genpatch_num local genpatch_exclude="" # The CachyOS pre-patched tarball already contains genpatch 2700. genpatch_exclude="2700" for genpatch in "${WORKDIR}"/*.patch; do [[ -f "${genpatch}" ]] || continue genpatch_name=$(basename "${genpatch}") genpatch_num=${genpatch_name%%_*} local skip=false # Skip kernel upgrade patches (10xx series) [[ ${genpatch_num} == 10* ]] && skip=true # Skip excluded genpatches local exclude for exclude in ${genpatch_exclude}; do [[ ${genpatch_name} == ${exclude}* ]] && skip=true done if ! ${skip}; then eapply "${genpatch}" fi done # --- Apply CachyOS-specific patches --- # Fix AutoFDO/Propeller support for LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST # The distributed ThinLTO patch by Rong Xu (xur@google.com) did not update # Makefile.autofdo and Makefile.propeller for CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST. # RFC: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-distributed-thinlto-build-for-kernel/85934 # Original patch: https://github.com/xur-llvm/linux/commit/d970eaf7d90863e7f2ea7bd0c8fe44d4602c2e86 # Upstream mail: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20250420010214.1963979-1-xur@google.com/ # Fix suggested by marioroy: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-distributed-thinlto-build-for-kernel/85934/5 # https://github.com/Szowisz/CachyOS-kernels/issues/35 eapply "${FILESDIR}/6.19.0/misc/0002-fix-autofdo-propeller-lto-thin-dist.patch" # The 7.2.2 stable update changed a block that PRJC and MuQSS remove. # Restore the patchsets' expected preimage before applying either series. if use bmq || use pds || use muqss; then eapply "${FILESDIR}/7.2.2-prjc-muqss-prereq.patch" eapply "${FILESDIR}/7.2.6-sched-alt-disable-sched-ext.patch" fi # Apply scheduler-specific patches. if use bore || use rt-bore; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-bore.patch" elif use bmq || use pds; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-prjc.patch" elif use muqss; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-muqss.patch" fi if use rt || use rt-bore; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-rt-i915.patch" fi if use aufs; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-aufs.patch" fi cp "${configs_prefix}-config" .config || die if use clang; then eapply "${patches_prefix}-dkms-clang.patch" fi # Apply user patches (from /etc/portage/patches/) eapply_user # --- Kernel config modifications --- if use server; then scripts/config -d CACHY || die else scripts/config -e CACHY || die fi if use bore; then scripts/config -e SCHED_BORE || die elif use bmq; then scripts/config -e SCHED_ALT -e SCHED_BMQ || die elif use pds; then scripts/config -e SCHED_ALT -d SCHED_BMQ -e SCHED_PDS || die elif use muqss; then scripts/config -e SCHED_MUQSS -e MUQSS_IOTIME || die elif use rt; then scripts/config -e PREEMPT_RT || die elif use rt-bore; then scripts/config -e SCHED_BORE -e PREEMPT_RT || die elif use eevdf; then scripts/config -e SCHED_POC_SELECTOR || die fi if use aufs; then scripts/config -m AUFS_FS || die fi ### Enable KCFI if use kcfi; then scripts/config -e ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG -e CFI -e CFI_CLANG -e CFI_AUTO_DEFAULT || die else # https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/15911 scripts/config -d CFI -d CFI_CLANG -e CFI_PERMISSIVE || die fi ### Select LLVM level if use llvm-lto-thin; then scripts/config -d LTO_NONE -d LTO_CLANG_FULL -d LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST \ -e LTO_CLANG_THIN || die elif use llvm-lto-thin-dist; then scripts/config -d LTO_NONE -d LTO_CLANG_FULL -d LTO_CLANG_THIN \ -e LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST || die elif use llvm-lto-full; then scripts/config -d LTO_NONE -d LTO_CLANG_THIN -d LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST \ -e LTO_CLANG_FULL || die elif use llvm-lto-none; then scripts/config -d LTO_CLANG_FULL -d LTO_CLANG_THIN -d LTO_CLANG_THIN_DIST \ -e LTO_NONE || die fi if use llvm-lto-none; then scripts/config --set-str DRM_PANIC_SCREEN qr_code -e DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE \ --set-str DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL "https://panic.archlinux.org/panic_report#" \ --set-val DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_VERSION 40 || die fi ## LLVM patch is applied with the other source patches above. ### Select tick rate if use hz_ticks_100; then _set_hztick_rate 100 elif use hz_ticks_250; then _set_hztick_rate 250 elif use hz_ticks_300; then _set_hztick_rate 300 elif use hz_ticks_500; then _set_hztick_rate 500 elif use hz_ticks_600; then _set_hztick_rate 600 elif use hz_ticks_750; then _set_hztick_rate 750 elif use hz_ticks_1000; then _set_hztick_rate 1000 else die "Invalid HZ_TICKS use flag. Please select a valid option." fi ### Select performance governor if use per-gov; then scripts/config -d CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL -e CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE || die fi ### Select tick type if use muqss; then if use tickrate_periodic; then scripts/config \ -e HZ_PERIODIC_NODEF -d NO_HZ_IDLE_NODEF -d NO_HZ_FULL_NODEF \ -d NO_HZ_IDLE -d NO_HZ_FULL -d NO_HZ -d NO_HZ_COMMON \ -e HZ_PERIODIC || die elif use tickrate_idle; then scripts/config \ -d HZ_PERIODIC_NODEF -e NO_HZ_IDLE_NODEF -d NO_HZ_FULL_NODEF \ -d HZ_PERIODIC -d NO_HZ_FULL -e NO_HZ_IDLE -e NO_HZ -e NO_HZ_COMMON || die elif use tickrate_full; then scripts/config \ -d HZ_PERIODIC_NODEF -d NO_HZ_IDLE_NODEF -e NO_HZ_FULL_NODEF \ -d HZ_PERIODIC -d NO_HZ_IDLE -d CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE \ -e NO_HZ_FULL -e NO_HZ -e NO_HZ_COMMON -e CONTEXT_TRACKING || die fi elif use tickrate_periodic; then scripts/config -d NO_HZ_IDLE -d NO_HZ_FULL -d NO_HZ -d NO_HZ_COMMON -e HZ_PERIODIC || die elif use tickrate_idle; then scripts/config -d HZ_PERIODIC -d NO_HZ_FULL -e NO_HZ_IDLE -e NO_HZ -e NO_HZ_COMMON || die elif use tickrate_full; then scripts/config \ -d HZ_PERIODIC -d NO_HZ_IDLE -d CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE \ -e NO_HZ_FULL_NODEF -e NO_HZ_FULL -e NO_HZ -e NO_HZ_COMMON \ -e CONTEXT_TRACKING || die fi ### Select preempt type if ! use rt && ! use rt-bore; then scripts/config -e PREEMPT_DYNAMIC || die if use muqss; then if use preempt_full; then scripts/config \ -d PREEMPT_NONE_NODEF -d PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_NODEF \ -e PREEMPT_NODEF -d PREEMPT_LAZY_NODEF || die elif use preempt_lazy; then scripts/config \ -d PREEMPT_NONE_NODEF -d PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_NODEF \ -d PREEMPT_NODEF -e PREEMPT_LAZY_NODEF || die fi elif use preempt_full; then scripts/config -e PREEMPT -d PREEMPT_LAZY || die elif use preempt_lazy; then scripts/config -d PREEMPT -e PREEMPT_LAZY || die fi fi ### Select compiler optimization if use o3; then scripts/config -d CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE -e CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3 || die elif use os; then scripts/config -d CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE -e CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE || die elif use debug; then scripts/config -d CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE \ -d CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3 \ -e CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE \ -d SLUB_DEBUG \ -d PM_DEBUG \ -d PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG \ -d PM_SLEEP_DEBUG \ -d ACPI_DEBUG \ -d LATENCYTOP \ -d SCHED_DEBUG \ -d DEBUG_PREEMPT || die fi ### Enable BBR3 if use bbr3; then # Upstream linux-cachyos `_tcp_bbr3` still enables vanilla BBR. # Enable real BBR3 as default, keep vanilla BBR as a module so both # are not built into vmlinux (duplicate tcp_bbr_check_kfunc_ids # BTF set, Szowisz/CachyOS-kernels#53). scripts/config -m TCP_CONG_CUBIC \ -d DEFAULT_CUBIC \ -m TCP_CONG_BBR \ -d DEFAULT_BBR \ -e TCP_CONG_BBR3 \ -e DEFAULT_BBR3 \ --set-str DEFAULT_TCP_CONG bbr3 \ -m NET_SCH_FQ_CODEL \ -e NET_SCH_FQ \ -d DEFAULT_FQ_CODEL \ -e DEFAULT_FQ || die fi ### Select THP if use hugepage_always; then scripts/config -d TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_MADVISE -e TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_ALWAYS || die fi if use hugepage_madvise; then scripts/config -d TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_ALWAYS -e TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_MADVISE || die fi ### Select CPU optimization march_list=(mgeneric mgeneric_v1 mgeneric_v2 mgeneric_v3 mgeneric_v4 mnative mzen4) march_found=false for MMARCH in "${march_list[@]}"; do if use "${MMARCH}"; then MARCH_TRIMMED=${MMARCH:1} MARCH=$(echo "$MARCH_TRIMMED" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') case "$MARCH" in GENERIC_V[1-4]) scripts/config -e GENERIC_CPU -d MZEN4 -d X86_NATIVE_CPU \ --set-val X86_64_VERSION "${MARCH//GENERIC_V/}" || die ;; ZEN4) scripts/config -d GENERIC_CPU -e MZEN4 -d X86_NATIVE_CPU || die ;; NATIVE) scripts/config -d GENERIC_CPU -d MZEN4 -e X86_NATIVE_CPU || die ;; esac march_found=true break fi done if [ "$march_found" = false ]; then scripts/config -d GENERIC_CPU -d MZEN4 -e X86_NATIVE_CPU || die fi ### Enable Clang AutoFDO if use autofdo; then scripts/config -e AUTOFDO_CLANG || die fi ### Propeller Optimization if use propeller; then scripts/config -e PROPELLER_CLANG || die fi ### Change hostname scripts/config --set-str DEFAULT_HOSTNAME "gentoo" || die # Gentoo/OpenRC: restore upstream default console loglevel (CachyOS defaults to 4 for silent systemd boot) #41 scripts/config --set-val CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT 7 || die ### Set LOCALVERSION for dist-kernel identification local myversion="-cachyos-dist" echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${myversion}\"" > "${T}"/version.config || die # Ensure modprobe path is correct echo 'CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH="/sbin/modprobe"' > "${T}"/modprobe.config || die # --- Finalize config via kernel-build merge --- local merge_configs=( "${T}"/version.config "${T}"/modprobe.config ) kernel-build_merge_configs "${merge_configs[@]}" } pkg_postinst() { kernel-build_pkg_postinst ewarn "" ewarn "${PN} is *not* supported by the Gentoo Kernel Project in any way." ewarn "Report ebuild and kernel problems to https://github.com/Szowisz/CachyOS-kernels." ewarn "Report kernel problems to the CachyOS project, if you sure it's due to upstream." ewarn "Do *not* open bugs in Gentoo's bugzilla. Thank you." ewarn "" if use mnative; then ewarn "USE=mnative builds the kernel with -march=native, which optimizes for your" ewarn "specific CPU. Binary packages built this way are NOT portable to other machines." ewarn "Use USE=mgeneric_v3 or similar for portable builds." fi optfeature "userspace KSM helper" sys-process/uksmd optfeature "NVIDIA opensource module" "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers[kernel-open]" optfeature "NVIDIA module" x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers optfeature "Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver" net-misc/r8125 optfeature "ZFS support" sys-fs/zfs optfeature "sched_ext schedulers" sys-kernel/scx-loader if use kernel-builtin-zfs; then ewarn "WARNING: You are using kernel-builtin-zfs USE flag." ewarn "It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use sys-fs/zfs instead of building ZFS into the kernel." ewarn "sys-fs/zfs provides better compatibility and easier updates." fi if use autofdo || use propeller; then ewarn "AutoFDO/Propeller are enabled in Kconfig, but they only apply profile-guided" ewarn "optimization when you pass a profile at build time:" ewarn " AutoFDO: CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=/path/to/profile.afdo" ewarn " Propeller: CLANG_PROPELLER_PROFILE_PREFIX=/path/to/propeller" ewarn "Without a profile, CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG still adds" ewarn "-fbasic-block-address-map / --lto-basic-block-address-map (codegen change, no gain)." ewarn "Guide: https://cachyos.org/blog/2411-kernel-autofdo" ewarn "Example: https://github.com/xz-dev/kernel-autofdo-container" fi }