Hello Jose, On Sat, Jan 24 2026, Jose E. Marchesi via Gcc wrote: > 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.
OK, I have removed the project from the list of selected ones. If you happen to have any follow-up project idea in this area, now would the time to add it. Thanks, Martin > > [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
