bpf, docs: Add llvm_reloc.rst to explain llvm bpf relocations
authorYonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Wed, 26 May 2021 15:24:57 +0000 (08:24 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Fri, 28 May 2021 20:12:04 +0000 (22:12 +0200)
commitfc8c262e0eb5aa248af5051377e4ff3348841ac5
tree8c704e6afdfcc4c36db912ff82a735ff15d94c26
parentd6a6a55518c16040a369360255b355b7a2a261de
bpf, docs: Add llvm_reloc.rst to explain llvm bpf relocations

LLVM upstream commit https://reviews.llvm.org/D102712 made some changes
to bpf relocations to make them llvm linker lld friendly. The scope of
existing relocations R_BPF_64_{64,32} is narrowed and new relocations
R_BPF_64_{ABS32,ABS64,NODYLD32} are introduced.

Let us add some documentation about llvm bpf relocations so people can
understand how to resolve them properly in their respective tools.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210526152457.335210-1-yhs@fb.com
Documentation/bpf/index.rst
Documentation/bpf/llvm_reloc.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst