[PATCH bpf-next 1/6] selftests/bpf: document latest Clang fix expectations for linking tests
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-04-22 01:46:06
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bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [selftests] (test runners & infrastructure), kernel selftest framework, the rest · Maintainers:
Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Shuah Khan, Linus Torvalds
Document which fixes are required to generate correct static linking selftests. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
index 65fe318d1e71..3353778c30f8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst@@ -193,3 +193,12 @@ Without it, the error from compiling bpf selftests looks like: libbpf: failed to find BTF for extern 'tcp_slow_start' [25] section: -2 __ https://reviews.llvm.org/D93563 + +Clang dependencies for static linking tests +=========================================== + +linked_vars, linked_maps, and linked_funcs tests depend on `Clang fix`__ to +generate valid BTF information for weak variables. Please make sure you use +Clang that contains the fix. + +__ https://reviews.llvm.org/D100362
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