Re: [PATCH bpf v2] selftests/bpf: Remove hexdump dependency

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Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:01:44 +0100 you wrote:
> The verification signature header generation requires converting a
> binary certificate to a C array. Previously this only worked with xxd,
> and a switch to hexdump has been done in commit b640d556a2b3
> ("selftests/bpf: Remove xxd util dependency").
> 
> hexdump is a more common utility program, yet it might not be installed
> by default. When it is not installed, BPF selftests build without
> errors, but tests_progs is unusable: it exits with the 255 code and
> without any error messages. When manually reproducing the issue, it is
> not too hard to find out that the generated verification_cert.h file is
> incorrect, but that's time consuming. When digging the BPF selftests
> build logs, this line can be seen amongst thousands others, but ignored:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf,v2] selftests/bpf: Remove hexdump dependency
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/1e5c00912695

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