tools lib bpf: Add libbpf_get_error()

This function will turn a libbpf pointer into a standard error code (or
0 if the pointer is valid).

This also allows removal of the dependency on linux/err.h in the public
header file, which causes problems in userspace programs built against
libbpf.

Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
Acked-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@fb.com>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170123011128.26534-5-joe@ovn.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 406838f..e6cd62b 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -1542,3 +1543,10 @@ bpf_object__find_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj, size_t offset)
        }
        return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
+
+long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr)
+{
+       if (IS_ERR(ptr))
+               return PTR_ERR(ptr);
+       return 0;
+}

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 2188ccd..4014d1b 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #define __BPF_LIBBPF_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>  // for size_t
 
 enum libbpf_errno {
@@ -234,4 +234,6 @@ int bpf_map__set_priv(struct bpf_map *map, void *priv,
                      bpf_map_clear_priv_t clear_priv);
 void *bpf_map__priv(struct bpf_map *map);
 
+long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr);
+
 #endif

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
index 02a33eb..d357dab 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int test__bpf_parsing(void *obj_buf, size_t obj_buf_sz)
        struct bpf_object *obj;
 
        obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, NULL);
-       if (IS_ERR(obj))
+       if (libbpf_get_error(obj))
                return TEST_FAIL;
        bpf_object__close(obj);
        return TEST_OK;