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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst index c9856b927055..38c15c6fcb14 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Reporting bugs Q: How do I report bugs for BPF kernel code? -------------------------------------------- A: Since all BPF kernel development as well as bpftool and iproute2 BPF -loader development happens through the netdev kernel mailing list, +loader development happens through the bpf kernel mailing list, please report any found issues around BPF to the following mailing list: - netdev@vger.kernel.org + bpf@vger.kernel.org This may also include issues related to XDP, BPF tracing, etc. @@ -46,17 +46,12 @@ Submitting patches Q: To which mailing list do I need to submit my BPF patches? ------------------------------------------------------------ -A: Please submit your BPF patches to the netdev kernel mailing list: +A: Please submit your BPF patches to the bpf kernel mailing list: - netdev@vger.kernel.org - -Historically, BPF came out of networking and has always been maintained -by the kernel networking community. Although these days BPF touches -many other subsystems as well, the patches are still routed mainly -through the networking community. + bpf@vger.kernel.org In case your patch has changes in various different subsystems (e.g. -tracing, security, etc), make sure to Cc the related kernel mailing +networking, tracing, security, etc), make sure to Cc the related kernel mailing lists and maintainers from there as well, so they are able to review the changes and provide their Acked-by's to the patches. @@ -168,7 +163,7 @@ a BPF point of view. Be aware that this is not a final verdict that the patch will automatically get accepted into net or net-next trees eventually: -On the netdev kernel mailing list reviews can come in at any point +On the bpf kernel mailing list reviews can come in at any point in time. If discussions around a patch conclude that they cannot get included as-is, we will either apply a follow-up fix or drop them from the trees entirely. Therefore, we also reserve to rebase @@ -494,15 +489,15 @@ A: You need cmake and gcc-c++ as build requisites for LLVM. Once you have that set up, proceed with building the latest LLVM and clang version from the git repositories:: - $ git clone http://llvm.org/git/llvm.git - $ cd llvm/tools - $ git clone --depth 1 http://llvm.org/git/clang.git - $ cd ..; mkdir build; cd build - $ cmake .. -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86" \ + $ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git + $ mkdir -p llvm-project/llvm/build/install + $ cd llvm-project/llvm/build + $ cmake .. -G "Ninja" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86" \ + -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" \ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF - $ make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) + $ ninja The built binaries can then be found in the build/bin/ directory, where you can point the PATH variable to. |