Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/5] bpf: tools: support build selftests/bpf with clang

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 08:34:08AM -0700, Yonghong Song wrote:
> To build kernel with clang, people typically use
>   make -j60 LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1
> LLVM_IAS=1 is not required for non-LTO build but
> is required for LTO build. In my environment,
> I am always having LLVM_IAS=1 regardless of
> whether LTO is enabled or not.
> 
> After kernel is build with clang, the following command
> can be used to build selftests with clang:
>   make -j60 -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1
> 
> I am using latest bpf-next kernel code base and
> latest clang built from source from
>   https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
> Using earlier version of llvm may have compilation errors, see
>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf
> due to continuous development in llvm bpf features and selftests
> to use these features.
> 
> To run bpf selftest properly, you need have certain necessary
> kernel configs like at:
>   bpf-next:tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
> (not that this is not a complete .config file and some other configs
>  might still be needed.)
> 
> Currently, using the above command, some compilations
> still use gcc and there are also compilation errors and warnings.
> This patch set intends to fix these issues.
> Patch #1 and #2 fixed the issue so clang/clang++ is
> used instead of gcc/g++. Patch #3 fixed a compilation
> failure. Patch #4 and #5 fixed various compiler warnings.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>



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