netdev - [PATCH bpf] libbpf: don't fail when feature probing fails

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Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 20:38:49 -0700
From:   Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf] libbpf: don't fail when feature probing fails

Otherwise libbpf is unusable from unprivileged process with
kernel.kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1.
All I get is EPERM from the probes, even if I just want to
open an ELF object and look at what progs/maps it has.

Instead of dying on probes, let's just pr_debug the error and
try to continue.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 7e3b79d7c25f..3562b6ef5fdc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ bpf_object__probe_caps(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(probe_fn); i++) {
 		ret = probe_fn[i](obj);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			pr_debug("Probe #%d failed with %d.\n", i, ret);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog