Hello.
Thanks for your interest, but that project was done as part of GSOC 2025. As it is noticed in the GCC GSOC wiki page[1]: GSoC 2025 is over and this page is only gradually being updated to reflect the situation in 2026. While we expect that a lot of the contents of this page will remain valid, there will be changes and edits, possibly even important ones. At some point the ideas list in the page will be updated with ideas for 2026. [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode > 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
