bpf: selftests: Update clang requirement in README.rst for testing kfunc call

This patch updates the README.rst to specify the clang requirement
to compile the bpf selftests that call kernel function.

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210330054156.2933804-1-kafai@fb.com

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
index 3464161..65fe318 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
@@ -179,3 +179,17 @@ types, which was introduced in `Clang 13`__. The older Clang versions will
 either crash when compiling these tests, or generate an incorrect BTF.
 
 __  https://reviews.llvm.org/D83289
+
+Kernel function call test and Clang version
+===========================================
+
+Some selftests (e.g. kfunc_call and bpf_tcp_ca) require a LLVM support
+to generate extern function in BTF.  It was introduced in `Clang 13`__.
+
+Without it, the error from compiling bpf selftests looks like:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  libbpf: failed to find BTF for extern 'tcp_slow_start' [25] section: -2
+
+__ https://reviews.llvm.org/D93563