linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs/bpf: clarify ret handling in LSM BPF programs

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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:32:51 -0700
From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To: Ariel Silver <arielsilver77@...il.com>
Cc: KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@...gle.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, 
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, 
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, Eduard <eddyz87@...il.com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, 
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, 
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>, Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs/bpf: clarify ret handling in LSM BPF programs

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM Ariel Silver <arielsilver77@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Just so I understand.
> 1) The docs are indeed wrong, correct?

It's arguable, but removing if (ret...) check
from the example is worth doing.

> 2) Any idea why I get an automatic response of "CONFLICTS" when I send
> my patch? Even though im 1000% sure there are no conlicts

The patch doesn't apply to bpf-next tree.
Pls use the right tree as a base for your patch.