Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] bpf/btf: tracing: Move finding func-proto API and getting func-param API to BTF

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:46:34 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > + * Get function parameter with the number of parameters.
> > > + * This can return NULL if the function has no parameters.  
> > 
> >   " It can return EINVAL if this function's parameters are NULL."  
> 
> No, as you can see the code, if btf_type_vlen(func_proto) returns 0 (means
> the function proto type has no parameters), btf_get_func_param() returns
> NULL. This is important point because user needs to use IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret)
> instead of IS_ERR(ret).

I didn't mean to replace what you had, I meant you left that part out. In
other words, you have to check for IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret), not just "!ret".

-- Steve

> >   
> > > + */
> > > +const struct btf_param *btf_get_func_param(const struct btf_type *func_proto, s32 *nr)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!func_proto || !nr)
> > > +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > > +