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 <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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
--
2.17.1
On 8/20/20 10:28 PM, Jianlin Lv wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:23 PM Yonghong Song <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 8/20/20 10:28 PM, Jianlin Lv wrote:
> > 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 <[email protected]>
>
> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
Applied. Thanks