Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] libbpf: show error info about missing ".BTF" section

[Changbin Du]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 04:55:13PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 5:42 AM Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Show the real problem instead of just saying "No such file or directory".
> >
> > Now will print below info:
> > libbpf: can not find '.BTF' section
> > Error: failed to load BTF from /home/changbin/work/linux/vmlinux: No such file or directory
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> > index d88647da2c7f..1adc0f6019a0 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> > @@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_elf(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf,
> >         err = 0;
> >
> >         if (!btf_data) {
> > +               pr_warn("can not find '%s' section\n", BTF_ELF_SEC);
> 
> let's use consistent form of error messages:
> 
> pr_warn("failed to find '%s' ELF section in %s\n", BTF_ELF_SEC, path);
>
okay.

> >                 err = -ENOENT;
> >                 goto done;
> >         }
> > --
> > 2.37.2
> >

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Cheers,
Changbin Du