Re: [PATCH bpf] libbpf: Return btf_fd in libbpf__probe_raw_btf

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello!

On 29.05.2019 11:29, Michal Rostecki wrote:

> Function load_sk_storage_btf expects that libbpf__probe_raw_btf is
> returning a btf descriptor, but before this change it was returning
> an information about whether the probe was successful (0 or 1).
> load_sk_storage_btf was using that value as an argument to the close
> function, which was resulting in closing stdout and thus terminating the
> process which used that dunction.

   Function? :-)

> That bug was visible in bpftool. `bpftool feature` subcommand was always
> exiting too early (because of closed stdout) and it didn't display all
> requested probes. `bpftool -j feature` or `bpftool -p feature` were not
> returning a valid json object.
>
> Fixes: d7c4b3980c18 ("libbpf: detect supported kernel BTF features and sanitize BTF")
> Signed-off-by: Michal Rostecki <mrostecki@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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MBR, Sergei