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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2021-12-13 12:48:46 +0300 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2021-12-13 12:48:46 +0300 |
| commit | 6773cc31a9bb5122fd5c288f73ca006ad20a6c17 (patch) | |
| tree | 730ec8bcc0a5ddd5030268bb3ffd4945d34728c1 /Documentation/process/changes.rst | |
| parent | 0f09c274698590d508c43f924d9dffc7130b782d (diff) | |
| parent | 2585cf9dfaaddf00b069673f27bb3f8530e2039c (diff) | |
| download | linux-6773cc31a9bb5122fd5c288f73ca006ad20a6c17.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'v5.16-rc5' into locking/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index e35ab74a0f80..cf908d79666e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.23 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version +pahole 1.16 pahole --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V @@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version bc 1.06.95 bc --version -Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.3 sphinx-build --version +Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -108,6 +109,16 @@ Bison Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later. +pahole: +------- + +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. + +It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from +https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/. + Perl ---- |