Hello, I use bpf() system call, that receives frequent updates in Linux kernel, and I would like to submit a pull request on GitHub in order to support the recent commands, map types, etc. for this syscall in strace (i.e., I want to update patch [1]).
My question is: what is the *maximum* kernel version that would be acceptable to compile strace on, if I submit a pull request now? Did I miss a list of supported kernels somewhere? I ask because my patch [2] adds updates for BPF commands that landed in kernel 4.4, 4.8 or… _will_ land in 4.10. This means that the associated <linux/bpf.h> header must be available on the host or unit tests will fail to compile. Adding #ifdef guards might be a solution, but I am not sure this is clean enough (practically, most BPF features would need their own #ifdef). So I'd like to submit, but I don't want to propose something that would break things, could someone please tell me how I should proceed? Best regards, Quentin Monnet [1] https://github.com/strace/strace/commit/ddb53dd142ea6702afbc1ff238840969183a709d [2] https://github.com/qmonnet/strace/commit/5232624b18fb002db11f3adf733bbef56b780d89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Strace-devel mailing list Strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel
