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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-12-09 12:04:19 -0800
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ GNU make 3.81 make --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
+pahole 1.16 pahole --version
util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version
kmod 13 depmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
@@ -108,6 +109,16 @@ Bison
Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later.
+pahole:
+-------
+
+Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
+generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
+modules as well. This requires pahole v1.16 or later.
+
+It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
+https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
+
Perl
----