netdev - [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] bpf: selftests: Update clang requirement in README.rst for testing kfunc call

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Message-ID: <20210330054156.2933804-1-kafai@fb.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:41:56 -0700
From:   Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
To:     <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] bpf: selftests: Update clang requirement in README.rst for testing kfunc call

This patch updates the README.rst to specify the clang requirement
to compile the bpf selftests that call kernel function.

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
index 3464161c8eea..65fe318d1e71 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
@@ -179,3 +179,17 @@ types, which was introduced in `Clang 13`__. The older Clang versions will
 either crash when compiling these tests, or generate an incorrect BTF.
 
 __  https://reviews.llvm.org/D83289
+
+Kernel function call test and Clang version
+===========================================
+
+Some selftests (e.g. kfunc_call and bpf_tcp_ca) require a LLVM support
+to generate extern function in BTF.  It was introduced in `Clang 13`__.
+
+Without it, the error from compiling bpf selftests looks like:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  libbpf: failed to find BTF for extern 'tcp_slow_start' [25] section: -2
+
+__ https://reviews.llvm.org/D93563
-- 
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