netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: fix a libbpf loader issue

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Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:02:44 +0000
From:   Martin Lau <kafai@...com>
To:     Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
CC:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        "daniel@...earbox.net" <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: fix a libbpf loader issue

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:22:42AM -0800, Yonghong Song wrote:
> Commit 2993e0515bb4 ("tools/bpf: add support to read .BTF.ext sections")
> added support to read .BTF.ext sections from an object file, create
> and pass prog_btf_fd and func_info to the kernel.
> 
> The program btf_fd (prog->btf_fd) is initialized to be -1 to please
> zclose so we do not need special handling dur prog close.
> Passing -1 to the kernel, however, will cause loading error.
> Passing btf_fd 0 to the kernel if prog->btf_fd is invalid
> fixed the problem.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>