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libbpf: Handle unsupported mmap-based /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux correctly
authorAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 20:21:34 +0000 (13:21 -0700)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 21:07:07 +0000 (14:07 -0700)
commit02670deede2288d8e4e3d800477b27c091080fae
tree59c6a1f82c552ebdb3d450a17f679520ec376dc4
parent7a912d04415b372324e5a8dfad3360d993d0c23a
libbpf: Handle unsupported mmap-based /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux correctly

libbpf_err_ptr() helpers are meant to return NULL and set errno, if
there is an error. But btf_parse_raw_mmap() is meant to be used
internally and is expected to return ERR_PTR() values. Because of this
mismatch, when libbpf tries to mmap /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux, we don't
detect the error correctly with IS_ERR() check, and never fallback to
old non-mmap-based way of loading vmlinux BTF.

Fix this by using proper ERR_PTR() returns internally.

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fixes: 3c0421c93ce4 ("libbpf: Use mmap to parse vmlinux BTF from sysfs")
Cc: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250606202134.2738910-1-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
tools/lib/bpf/btf.c