linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/bpf: Return the appropriate error value

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 17:38:17 -0800
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     彭浩(Richard) <richard.peng@...o.com>
Cc:     "ast@...nel.org" <ast@...nel.org>,
        "daniel@...earbox.net" <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/bpf: Return the appropriate error value

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 7:06 PM 彭浩(Richard) <richard.peng@...o.com> wrote:
>
> Compile times error:
> "Error: failed to load BTF from /mnt/linux/vmlinux: No such file or directory".
> This file "/mnt/linux/vmlinux" actually exists, but only because CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
> is not configured with this error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <richard.peng@...o.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> index 231b07203e3d..228f508fbd04 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ struct btf *btf__parse_elf(const char *path, struct btf_ext **btf_ext)
>         err = 0;
>
>         if (!btf_data) {
> -               err = -ENOENT;
> +               err = -EPROTO;

ENOENT as related to "no .BTF section found"... EPROTO would make
sense as well, but I don't think we need to really change anything.
"Protocol error" isn't very meaningful either...


>                 goto done;
>         }
>         btf = btf__new(btf_data->d_buf, btf_data->d_size);
> --
> 2.18.4