Re: RFT: Testing pahole for the release of v1.28

From: Alan Maguire
Date: Thu Dec 05 2024 - 06:09:15 EST


On 28/11/2024 20:40, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please consider testing what is in the master branch both in
> kernel.org as in github:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git
> https://github.com/acmel/dwarves.git
>
> So that we can release v1.28, we want to follow the cadence of
> the kernel, i.e. since the kernel was recently released, we should
> release a new version of pahole, and this one is long overdue.
>
> We'll then try to release v1.29 shortly after Linus releases
> v6.13, and so on.
>
> Alan Maguire accepted to co-maintain pahole and as soon as he
> gets a kernel.org account he'll be able to help me in processing
> patches, that we expect to continue with the current fashion of being
> tested and reviewed by as many developers as possible, its greatly
> appreciated and a good way for us to keep this codebase in shape.
>
> Thanks a lot for all the help,
>
> - Arnaldo

Looks good on my side too; tested x86_64/aarch64 using latest bpf-next
and ran dwarves tests.

Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>