netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 03/11] bpf: fixup error message from gpl helpers on license mismatch

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 11:10:38 -0700
From:   Song Liu <liu.song.a23@...il.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 03/11] bpf: fixup error message from gpl helpers
 on license mismatch

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer
<brouer@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2018 02:43:36 +0200
> Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
>
>> Stating 'proprietary program' in the error is just silly since it
>> can also be a different open source license than that which is just
>> not compatible.
>>
>> Reference: https://twitter.com/majek04/status/998531268039102465
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
>> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
>
> Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
>
> Thank you for cleaning up this confusion :-)
>

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>

>> ---
>>  kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> index 1fd9667b..4f4786e 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> @@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int func_id, int insn
>>
>>       /* eBPF programs must be GPL compatible to use GPL-ed functions */
>>       if (!env->prog->gpl_compatible && fn->gpl_only) {
>> -             verbose(env, "cannot call GPL only function from proprietary program\n");
>> +             verbose(env, "cannot call GPL-restricted function from non-GPL compatible program\n");
>>               return -EINVAL;
>>       }
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>   Jesper Dangaard Brouer
>   MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
>   LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer