bpf, xdp: Add tracepoint to xdp attaching failure
authorLeon Hwang <hffilwlqm@gmail.com>
Tue, 1 Aug 2023 14:26:20 +0000 (22:26 +0800)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Wed, 2 Aug 2023 21:21:12 +0000 (14:21 -0700)
commitbf4ea1d0b2cb2251f9e5619c81daa98591087c33
treef23d51c0091df06cb2cf045bcb1f099ea9d4c225
parent416c6d01244ecbf0abfdb898fd091b50ef951b48
bpf, xdp: Add tracepoint to xdp attaching failure

When error happens in dev_xdp_attach(), it should have a way to tell
users the error message like the netlink approach.

To avoid breaking uapi, adding a tracepoint in bpf_xdp_link_attach() is
an appropriate way to notify users the error message.

Hence, bpf libraries are able to retrieve the error message by this
tracepoint, and then report the error message to users.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <hffilwlqm@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801142621.7925-2-hffilwlqm@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
include/trace/events/xdp.h
net/core/dev.c