Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpftool: fix feature output when helper probes fail

From: Quentin Monnet
Date: Thu May 05 2022 - 06:16:04 EST


2022-05-04 12:13 UTC-0400 ~ Milan Landaverde <milan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Currently in bpftool's feature probe, we incorrectly tell the user that
> all of the helper functions are supported for program types where helper
> probing fails or is explicitly unsupported[1]:
>
> $ bpftool feature probe
> ...
> eBPF helpers supported for program type tracing:
> - bpf_map_lookup_elem
> - bpf_map_update_elem
> - bpf_map_delete_elem
> ...
> - bpf_redirect_neigh
> - bpf_check_mtu
> - bpf_sys_bpf
> - bpf_sys_close
>
> This patch adjusts bpftool to relay to the user when helper support
> can't be determined:
>
> $ bpftool feature probe
> ...
> eBPF helpers supported for program type lirc_mode2:
> Program type not supported
> eBPF helpers supported for program type tracing:
> Could not determine which helpers are available
> eBPF helpers supported for program type struct_opts:
> Could not determine which helpers are available
> eBPF helpers supported for program type ext:
> Could not determine which helpers are available
>
> Rather than imply that no helpers are available for the program type, we
> let the user know that helper function probing failed entirely.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211217171202.3352835-2-andrii@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Milan Landaverde (2):
> bpftool: adjust for error codes from libbpf probes
> bpftool: output message if no helpers found in feature probing
>
> tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>

Looks good to me, thank you

Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>