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[109.81.1.107]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-4356997e6dasm29657069f8f.32.2026.01.20.04.17.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:17:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4d379736-9b6a-4e40-ad67-53ee7498759c@suse.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:17:48 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/kbuild: Document gendwarfksyms build dependencies To: linjh22s@gmail.com Cc: Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Jonathan Corbet , Miguel Ojeda , Boqun Feng , Sami Tolvanen , Masahiro Yamada , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260114-documents_gendwarfksyms-v2-0-297c98bd62c6@gmail.com> <20260114-documents_gendwarfksyms-v2-1-297c98bd62c6@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Petr Pavlu In-Reply-To: <20260114-documents_gendwarfksyms-v2-1-297c98bd62c6@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 1/14/26 12:47 PM, Jihan LIN via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Jihan LIN > > Although dependencies for gendwarfksyms were recently added to the > packaging rules [1-2], the corresponding documentation was missing. > > Document the required build dependencies for gendwarfksyms, and > include a few examples for installing these dependencies on some > distributions. > > [1] commit 657f96cb7c06 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: Add libdw-dev:native to > Build-Depends-Arch") > [2] commit 5bd6bdd0f76e ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Add (elfutils-devel or > libdw-devel) to BuildRequires") > Signed-off-by: Jihan LIN > --- > Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst > index ed366250a54eac3a72c2f529da94a9e803704ae4..0e153d13b052da6edcf65950739730c123cd49db 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst > @@ -14,6 +14,29 @@ selected, **gendwarfksyms** is used instead to calculate symbol versions > from the DWARF debugging information, which contains the necessary > details about the final module ABI. > > +Dependencies > +------------ > + > +libelf, libdw and zlib are dependencies of gendwarfksyms. > + > +Here are a few examples for installing these dependencies: > + > +* Arch Linux and derivatives:: > + > + sudo pacman --needed -S zlib libelf > + > +* Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives:: > + > + sudo apt install libelf-dev libdw-dev zlib1g-dev > + > +* Fedora and derivatives:: > + > + sudo dnf install elfutils-libelf-devel elfutils-devel zlib-devel > + > +* openSUSE and derivatives:: > + > + sudo zypper install libelf-devel libdw-devel zlib-devel > + Nit: I suggest slightly adjusting the text to something like: """ Gendwarfksyms depends on the libelf, libdw, and zlib libraries. Here are a few examples of how to install these dependencies: """ .. and swap the items on the pacman line to 'libelf zlib' so the order is always libelf, libdw, zlib. Looks ok to me nonetheless, the list is consistent with similar examples in Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst. Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu -- Thanks, Petr