Enable `clang-format` for `rustc`

[DianQK]

Proposal

I plan to use clang-format to format the C++ code in compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper. The issue originates from: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/123510.

To achieve this, I intend to integrate clang-format into our LLVM build process. Although adding clang-format will increase maintenance costs, even minor version differences (e.g., between clang-format 18.1.7 and 18.1.6) can lead to formatting discrepancies. Using a consistent build version ensures uniform formatting results, preventing inconsistencies with the CI environment and reducing the difficulties developers face when configuring their environments.

I plan to add new fields in config.toml to control clang-format behavior:

[llvm]
# Use a specified version of clang-format, the most common scenario.
clang-format = '5a5152f653959d14d68613a3a8a033fb65eec021'
# Use a clang-format from a specified path.
clang-format = '/path/to/clang-format'
# Use the same version as the llvm-project submodule; if not available it will build from local.
clang-format = 'submodule'
# For specific reasons, do not use clang-format.
clang-format = false

Mentors or Reviewers

Myself or @workingjubilee.

Process

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[DianQK]

We can use clang-format provided by pip: https://pypi.org/project/clang-format/.