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authorJianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@arm.com>2020-08-21 13:28:17 +0800
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>2020-08-24 14:43:48 -0700
commit4d0d1673416bee2099e93c6636c51754e2100024 (patch)
tree1a21a4f3b72e8e5de42048077f70fa7055bb2258 /Documentation
parent890f4365e47ecbf554c043448ccec7ea10435120 (diff)
docs: Correct subject prefix and update LLVM info
bpf_devel_QA.rst:152 The subject prefix information is not accurate, it should be 'PATCH bpf-next v2' Also update LLVM version info and add information about ‘-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD’ to prompt the developer to build the desired target. Signed-off-by: Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200821052817.46887-1-Jianlin.Lv@arm.com
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst19
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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
index a26aa1b9b259..75a0dca5f295 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ In case the patch or patch series has to be reworked and sent out
again in a second or later revision, it is also required to add a
version number (``v2``, ``v3``, ...) into the subject prefix::
- git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next v2' start..finish
+ git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH bpf-next v2' start..finish
When changes have been requested to the patch series, always send the
whole patch series again with the feedback incorporated (never send
@@ -479,17 +479,18 @@ LLVM's static compiler lists the supported targets through
$ llc --version
LLVM (http://llvm.org/):
- LLVM version 6.0.0svn
+ LLVM version 10.0.0
Optimized build.
Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Host CPU: skylake
Registered Targets:
- bpf - BPF (host endian)
- bpfeb - BPF (big endian)
- bpfel - BPF (little endian)
- x86 - 32-bit X86: Pentium-Pro and above
- x86-64 - 64-bit X86: EM64T and AMD64
+ aarch64 - AArch64 (little endian)
+ bpf - BPF (host endian)
+ bpfeb - BPF (big endian)
+ bpfel - BPF (little endian)
+ x86 - 32-bit X86: Pentium-Pro and above
+ x86-64 - 64-bit X86: EM64T and AMD64
For developers in order to utilize the latest features added to LLVM's
BPF back end, it is advisable to run the latest LLVM releases. Support
@@ -517,6 +518,10 @@ from the git repositories::
The built binaries can then be found in the build/bin/ directory, where
you can point the PATH variable to.
+Set ``-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD`` equal to the target you wish to build, you
+will find a full list of targets within the llvm-project/llvm/lib/Target
+directory.
+
Q: Reporting LLVM BPF issues
----------------------------
Q: Should I notify BPF kernel maintainers about issues in LLVM's BPF code