Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] Use BTF to trim return values

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 12:42:41 EST


On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 23:55:33 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hmm, shouldn't both the actually applied size and the true size be displayed?
> e.g.
>
> ret=0x5 (in 8 bytes, true size: 16 bytes)

I have to ask. Why do we care? Is there a use for this information?

If not, ret=0x5 would be sufficient.

-- Steve