[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/bpftrace: bump to version 0.26.1 to fix build with LLVM 22
Thomas Perale
thomas.perale at mind.be
Fri Sep 4 12:17:39 UTC 2026
In reply of:
> Since Buildroot commit 25cb3813e7fc6ed3e455f983cf0e09c7bc02fccb which
> bumped LLVM from 21.x to 22.x, the build of bpftrace is broken as
> bpftrace 0.24.2 only supports LLVM up to 21.
>
> We tried backporting the bpftrace patch that allows using LLVM up to
> version 22 but the patch didn't apply cleanly but more importantly it
> wasn't clear if this patch was sufficient. Therefore, we opt for
> bumping bpftrace entirely to fix the issue.
>
> Packaging changes:
>
> - The new version of bpftrace no longer needs host-bison/host-flex,
> because bpftrace is now using a handwritten parser.
>
> - Pass -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBBPF:BOOL=ON to ensure the system libbpf version
> is used, and not the bundled version
>
> - Now depends on kernel headers >= 5.10 because it needs CAP_BPF and
> CAP_PERFMON
>
> Fixes:
>
> https://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a3e3fd696685864977c688aa11c2653357cf6207/
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
Applied to 2026.05.x. Thanks
> ---
> package/bpftrace/Config.in | 6 +++---
> package/bpftrace/bpftrace.hash | 2 +-
> package/bpftrace/bpftrace.mk | 7 +++----
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/package/bpftrace/Config.in b/package/bpftrace/Config.in
> index 8af94443ab..2beb2fdb95 100644
> --- a/package/bpftrace/Config.in
> +++ b/package/bpftrace/Config.in
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTRACE
> depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # bcc -> clang
> depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # bcc -> clang
> depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # bcc -> clang
> - depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_13 # libbpf
> + depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_10 # CAP_BPF, CAP_PERFMON
> depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # bcc -> clang, bcc -> python3, libbpf
> depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # bcc -> clang, bcc -> python3, libbpf
> depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # bcc -> clang, bcc -> python3, libbpf
> @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTRACE
>
> https://www.github.com/iovisor/bpftrace
>
> -comment "bpftrace needs a glibc toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 7, host gcc >= 7, kernel headers >= 4.13"
> +comment "bpftrace needs a glibc toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 7, host gcc >= 7, kernel headers >= 5.10"
> depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTRACE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
> depends on BR2_USE_MMU
> depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
> depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
> || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 \
> - || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_13
> + || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_10
> diff --git a/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.hash b/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.hash
> index 4add96aee3..48572d1c58 100644
> --- a/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.hash
> +++ b/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.hash
> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
> # locally calculated
> -sha256 e0514aa3e1a032b0b2de2cf3c281bfee9b9e80509498e70ed78786bbd64db373 bpftrace-0.24.2.tar.gz
> +sha256 555368f32f94bfcb74b119a3d9c67b68200be6375b8f452f794a2d3f6ebbcd16 bpftrace-0.26.1.tar.gz
> sha256 cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30 LICENSE
> diff --git a/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.mk b/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.mk
> index f530d4861b..7c9bc6b7a4 100644
> --- a/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.mk
> +++ b/package/bpftrace/bpftrace.mk
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> #
> ################################################################################
>
> -BPFTRACE_VERSION = 0.24.2
> +BPFTRACE_VERSION = 0.26.1
> BPFTRACE_SITE = $(call github,bpftrace,bpftrace,v$(BPFTRACE_VERSION))
> BPFTRACE_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
> BPFTRACE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
> @@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ BPFTRACE_DEPENDENCIES = \
> bzip2 \
> cereal \
> elfutils \
> - host-bison \
> - host-flex \
> host-vim \
> libbpf \
> llvm \
> @@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ BPFTRACE_CONF_OPTS += \
> -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF \
> -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF \
> -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/bpf" \
> - -DENABLE_MAN:BOOL=OFF
> + -DENABLE_MAN:BOOL=OFF \
> + -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBBPF:BOOL=ON
>
> $(eval $(cmake-package))
> --
> 2.55.0
>
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