From 0620189b247eee8d16499e82001a51c094b2ebec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:50:15 +0100
Subject: docs: update Go versions

Generally we aim at supporting 2 latest versions of Go.
Currently it is 1.16 and 1.17.
---
 docs/linux/setup.md | 21 ++++++---------------
 go.mod              |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/linux/setup.md b/docs/linux/setup.md
index 5f3c12727..3d4c3e91e 100644
--- a/docs/linux/setup.md
+++ b/docs/linux/setup.md
@@ -27,18 +27,14 @@ If you encounter any troubles, check the [troubleshooting](/docs/troubleshooting
 
 ### Go and syzkaller
 
-`syzkaller` is written in [Go](https://golang.org), and `Go 1.13+`
-toolchain is required for build. *Note:* `Go 1.14` is required for contributors,
-as `Go 1.13` may change `go.mod` file. The toolchain can be installed with:
+`syzkaller` is written in [Go](https://golang.org), and `Go 1.16+` toolchain is required for build.
+Generally we aim at supporting 2 latest releases of Go.
+The toolchain can be installed with:
 
 ```
-wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-tar -xf go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-mv go goroot
-mkdir gopath
-export GOPATH=`pwd`/gopath
-export GOROOT=`pwd`/goroot
-export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
+wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar -xf go1.17.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+export GOROOT=`pwd`/go
 export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
 ```
 
@@ -57,11 +53,6 @@ As the result compiled binaries should appear in the `bin/` dir.
 Note: if you want to do cross-OS/arch testing, you need to specify `TARGETOS`,
 `TARGETVMARCH` and `TARGETARCH` arguments to `make`. See the [Makefile](/Makefile) for details.
 
-Note: older versions of Go toolchain formatted code in a slightly
-[different way](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/25161).
-So if you are seeing unrelated code formatting diffs after running `make generate`
-or `make format`, you may be using `Go 1.10` or older. In such case update to `Go 1.13+`.
-
 ### Environment
 
 You might need to properly setup `binutils` if you're fuzzing in a cross-arch environment as described [here](coverage.md#binutils).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8a123517..bec19e68c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/syzkaller
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.81.0
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