Subsequent patches in the series change vmlinux linking scripts to
unconditionally pass --btf_encode_detached to pahole, which was
introduced in v1.22 [1][2].
This change allows to remove PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF Kconfig option and
other checks of older pahole versions.
[1] https://github.com/acmel/dwarves/releases/tag/v1.22
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
cbafbf4e-9073-4383-8ee6-
1353f9e5869c@oracle.com/
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181825.1289460-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
binutils 2.30 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
-pahole 1.16 pahole --version
+pahole 1.22 pahole --version
util-linux 2.10o mount --version
kmod 13 depmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
-modules as well. This requires pahole v1.16 or later.
+modules as well. This requires pahole v1.22 or later.
It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=y
CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON=y
CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON=y
- CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF=y
CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_BTF_TAG=y
sched_ext is used only when the BPF scheduler is loaded and running.
depends on !DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT && !DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
depends on !GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT || COMPILE_TEST
depends on BPF_SYSCALL
- depends on PAHOLE_VERSION >= 116
- depends on DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 || PAHOLE_VERSION >= 121
+ depends on PAHOLE_VERSION >= 122
# pahole uses elfutils, which does not have support for Hexagon relocations
depends on !HEXAGON
help
Generate deduplicated BTF type information from DWARF debug info.
- Turning this on requires pahole v1.16 or later (v1.21 or later to
- support DWARF 5), which will convert DWARF type info into equivalent
- deduplicated BTF type info.
-
-config PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
- def_bool PAHOLE_VERSION >= 119
+ Turning this on requires pahole v1.22 or later, which will convert
+ DWARF type info into equivalent deduplicated BTF type info.
config PAHOLE_HAS_BTF_TAG
def_bool PAHOLE_VERSION >= 123
config DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
bool "Generate BTF type information for kernel modules"
default y
- depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && MODULES && PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
+ depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && MODULES
help
Generate compact split BTF type information for kernel modules.
ifeq ($(call test-le, $(pahole-ver), 125),y)
-# pahole 1.18 through 1.21 can't handle zero-sized per-CPU vars
-ifeq ($(call test-le, $(pahole-ver), 121),y)
-pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 118) += --skip_encoding_btf_vars
-endif
-
-pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 121) += --btf_gen_floats
-
-pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 122) += -j$(JOBS)
+pahole-flags-y += --btf_gen_floats -j$(JOBS)
pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 125) += --skip_encoding_btf_inconsistent_proto --btf_gen_optimized
```
CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON=y
CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON=y
-CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF=y
CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_BTF_TAG=y
```