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| author | Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com> | 2023-06-24 03:18:56 +0300 |
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| committer | Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> | 2023-06-29 16:46:17 +0300 |
| commit | bbaf1ff06af49e856501024abbe161d96c1f0d66 (patch) | |
| tree | 7dabb39068dd6e1a411e094c55d7d2c32581a0b1 /Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst | |
| parent | da1a055d01ed0c18402dd1f1934096ac4bb36ada (diff) | |
| download | linux-bbaf1ff06af49e856501024abbe161d96c1f0d66.tar.xz | |
bpf: Replace deprecated -target with --target= for Clang
The -target option has been deprecated since clang 3.4 in 2013. Therefore, use
the preferred --target=bpf form instead. This also matches how we use --target=
in scripts/Makefile.clang.
Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Acked-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/274b6f0c87a6a1798de0a68135afc7f95def6277
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230624001856.1903733-1-maskray@google.com
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst index 609b71f5747d..de27e1620821 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst @@ -635,12 +635,12 @@ test coverage. Q: clang flag for target bpf? ----------------------------- -Q: In some cases clang flag ``-target bpf`` is used but in other cases the +Q: In some cases clang flag ``--target=bpf`` is used but in other cases the default clang target, which matches the underlying architecture, is used. What is the difference and when I should use which? A: Although LLVM IR generation and optimization try to stay architecture -independent, ``-target <arch>`` still has some impact on generated code: +independent, ``--target=<arch>`` still has some impact on generated code: - BPF program may recursively include header file(s) with file scope inline assembly codes. The default target can handle this well, @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ independent, ``-target <arch>`` still has some impact on generated code: The clang option ``-fno-jump-tables`` can be used to disable switch table generation. -- For clang ``-target bpf``, it is guaranteed that pointer or long / +- For clang ``--target=bpf``, it is guaranteed that pointer or long / unsigned long types will always have a width of 64 bit, no matter whether underlying clang binary or default target (or kernel) is 32 bit. However, when native clang target is used, then it will @@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ independent, ``-target <arch>`` still has some impact on generated code: while the BPF LLVM back end still operates in 64 bit. The native target is mostly needed in tracing for the case of walking ``pt_regs`` or other kernel structures where CPU's register width matters. - Otherwise, ``clang -target bpf`` is generally recommended. + Otherwise, ``clang --target=bpf`` is generally recommended. You should use default target when: @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ when: into these structures is verified by the BPF verifier and may result in verification failures if the native architecture is not aligned with the BPF architecture, e.g. 64-bit. An example of this is - BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG require ``-target bpf`` + BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG require ``--target=bpf`` .. Links |