summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/tools
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorStanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>2023-09-11 12:47:30 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-10-10 21:44:58 +0200
commit4f8c4e167ad88387de51da02a1d2d5c366025470 (patch)
tree8878d240faa426959e9b5cd01e1f55843cf6f3c7 /tools
parente2b7e0a9b430e4569dc860a5fc6c8fe0cc87fe31 (diff)
downloadlinux-stable-4f8c4e167ad88387de51da02a1d2d5c366025470.tar.gz
linux-stable-4f8c4e167ad88387de51da02a1d2d5c366025470.tar.bz2
linux-stable-4f8c4e167ad88387de51da02a1d2d5c366025470.zip
bpf: Clarify error expectations from bpf_clone_redirect
[ Upstream commit 7cb779a6867fea00b4209bcf6de2f178a743247d ] Commit 151e887d8ff9 ("veth: Fixing transmit return status for dropped packets") exposed the fact that bpf_clone_redirect is capable of returning raw NET_XMIT_XXX return codes. This is in the conflict with its UAPI doc which says the following: "0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure." Update the UAPI to reflect the fact that bpf_clone_redirect can return positive error numbers, but don't explicitly define their meaning. Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230911194731.286342-1-sdf@google.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0c30ab898e2a..37259bae1501 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ union bpf_attr {
* performed again, if the helper is used in combination with
* direct packet access.
* Return
- * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
+ * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure. Positive
+ * error indicates a potential drop or congestion in the target
+ * device. The particular positive error codes are not defined.
*
* u64 bpf_get_current_pid_tgid(void)
* Return