Hello, My name is Islombek, I am a nuclear physics and technology student with a strong interest in systems programming and compiler development.
I am interested in the GSoC 2026 project "Tooling for running BPF GCC tests on a live kernel". I have read the project description and I understand that the main goal is to enable execution tests for the GCC BPF backend by running compiled BPF objects inside a real Linux kernel (likely via QEMU), instead of relying on a simulator. I have experience with C and Linux, and I am currently building GCC from source and experimenting with simple eBPF programs and kernel-based execution. My next step is to explore the kernel BPF selftests infrastructure to better understand how execution results are communicated back to userspace. I would appreciate any advice on: - preferred kernel configuration for such a testing environment - whether reusing parts of existing kernel selftests infrastructure is encouraged Best regards, Islombek
