netdev - [PATCH bpf] libbpf: restore errno return for functions that were already returning it

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Date:   Tue,  6 Jul 2021 14:23:55 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf] libbpf: restore errno return for functions that were already returning it

The update to streamline libbpf error reporting intended to change all
functions to return the errno as a negative return value if
LIBBPF_STRICT_DIRECT_ERRS is set. However, if the flag is *not* set, the
return value changes for the two functions that were already returning a
negative errno unconditionally: bpf_link__unpin() and perf_buffer__poll().

This is a user-visible API change that breaks applications; so let's revert
these two functions back to unconditionally returning a negative errno
value.

Fixes: e9fc3ce99b34 ("libbpf: Streamline error reporting for high-level APIs")
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 1e04ce724240..6f5e2757bb3c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -10136,7 +10136,7 @@ int bpf_link__unpin(struct bpf_link *link)
 
 	err = unlink(link->pin_path);
 	if (err != 0)
-		return libbpf_err_errno(err);
+		return -errno;
 
 	pr_debug("link fd=%d: unpinned from %s\n", link->fd, link->pin_path);
 	zfree(&link->pin_path);
@@ -11197,7 +11197,7 @@ int perf_buffer__poll(struct perf_buffer *pb, int timeout_ms)
 
 	cnt = epoll_wait(pb->epoll_fd, pb->events, pb->cpu_cnt, timeout_ms);
 	if (cnt < 0)
-		return libbpf_err_errno(cnt);
+		return -errno;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		struct perf_cpu_buf *cpu_buf = pb->events[i].data.ptr;
-- 
2.32.0