[PATCH] resolve_btfids: Fix the --fatal_warnings exit status
From: Petr Pavlu
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 11:04:48 EST
The resolve_btfids --fatal_warnings option is intended to make the tool
exit with a non-zero status if any warnings are reported. main()
initializes err to -1 and uses 'goto out' to return this status when
a sub-operation fails. If no error occurs,
'if (!(fatal_warnings && warnings)) err = 0;' modifies the final status
depending on whether any warnings have been reported.
Commit 522397d05e7d ("resolve_btfids: Change in-place update with raw
binary output") broke this logic by assigning the return values of newly
added sub-operations to err. As a result, successful sub-operations
overwrite the initial err value of -1 with 0, causing the tool to exit
successfully even when --fatal_warnings is enabled and warnings have been
reported.
Fix the issue by setting the final value of err unconditionally, so the
code doesn't depend on its previous value.
Fixes: 522397d05e7d ("resolve_btfids: Change in-place update with raw binary output")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
index 37d7e7224207..2a93517ca9ec 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
@@ -1842,8 +1842,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
goto out;
}
- if (!(fatal_warnings && warnings))
- err = 0;
+ err = fatal_warnings && warnings ? -1 : 0;
out:
btf__free(obj.base_btf);
btf__free(obj.btf);
---
base-commit: a90ee4305c4a5df72c11b31dacfdc76e00fcf78a
change-id: 20261008-resolve_btfids-warnings-a356edc7a5c6