[PATCH] selftests/bpf: Set CONFIG_PACKET=y for selftests
From: Saket Kumar Bhaskar
Date: Mon Jul 07 2025 - 03:18:22 EST
BPF selftest fails to build with below error:
CLNG-BPF [test_progs] lsm_cgroup.bpf.o
progs/lsm_cgroup.c:105:21: error: variable has incomplete type 'struct sockaddr_ll'
105 | struct sockaddr_ll sa = {};
| ^
progs/lsm_cgroup.c:105:9: note: forward declaration of 'struct sockaddr_ll'
105 | struct sockaddr_ll sa = {};
| ^
1 error generated.
lsm_cgroup selftest requires sockaddr_ll structure which is not there
in vmlinux.h when the kernel is built with CONFIG_PACKET=m.
Enabling CONFIG_PACKET=y ensures that sockaddr_ll is available in vmlinux,
allowing it to be captured in the generated vmlinux.h for bpf selftests.
Reported-by: Sachin P Bappalige <sachinpb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saket Kumar Bhaskar <skb99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
index f74e1ea0ad3b..7247833fe623 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_NF_NAT=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_RC_CORE=y
CONFIG_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_SECURITYFS=y
--
2.43.5