Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf, docs: Update pahole to 1.28 for selftests
From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Sat Jan 03 2026 - 04:12:12 EST
On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 07:33:50AM -0800, Ihor Solodrai wrote:
> On 1/2/26 3:13 AM, Hemanth Malla wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> > index 0acb4c9b8d90..3a147b6c780e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> > @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ under test should match the config file fragment in
> > tools/testing/selftests/bpf as closely as possible.
> >
> > Finally to ensure support for latest BPF Type Format features -
> > -discussed in Documentation/bpf/btf.rst - pahole version 1.16
> > +discussed in Documentation/bpf/btf.rst - pahole version 1.28
>
> Hi Hemanth, thanks for the patch.
>
> Acked-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 1.28 is needed for --distilled_base [1], which is only a requirement
> for tests using modules. Many other tests are likely to work with
> older versions, but the minimum for the kernel build is 1.22 now [2].
>
> Not sure if it's worth it to add this nuance to the QA doc, although
> in general we should recommend people running the selftests to use the
> latest pahole release. Maybe add a comment?
I guess minimum pahole version can be added to
Documentation/process/changes.rst.
Thanks.
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