Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/6] resolve_btfids: change in-place update with raw binary output

[Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>]

On 12/11/25 11:08 PM, Eduard Zingerman wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-12-05 at 14:35 -0800, Ihor Solodrai wrote:
>
> [...]
> 
>> @@ -860,23 +913,34 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
>>  	 */
>>  	if (obj.efile.idlist_shndx == -1 ||
>>  	    obj.efile.symbols_shndx == -1) {
>> -		pr_debug("Cannot find .BTF_ids or symbols sections, nothing to do\n");
>> -		err = 0;
>> -		goto out;
>> +		pr_debug("Cannot find .BTF_ids or symbols sections, skip symbols resolution\n");
>> +		goto dump_btf;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	if (symbols_collect(&obj))
>>  		goto out;
>>  
>> -	if (load_btf(&obj))
>> -		goto out;
>> -
>>  	if (symbols_resolve(&obj))
>>  		goto out;
>>  
>>  	if (symbols_patch(&obj))
>>  		goto out;
>>  
>> +	err = make_out_path(out_path, obj.path, BTF_IDS_SECTION);
>> +	if (err || dump_raw_btf_ids(&obj, out_path))
>> +		goto out;
>> +
>> +dump_btf:
>> +	err = make_out_path(out_path, obj.path, BTF_ELF_SEC);
>> +	if (err || dump_raw_btf(obj.btf, out_path))
> 
> Nit: 'err' is not set if dump_raw_btf() errors out.
>      Maybe use:
> 
>      	   err = make_out_path(out_path, obj.path, BTF_ELF_SEC);
>      	   err = err ?: dump_raw_btf(obj.btf, out_path);
> 	   if (err)
> 	      goto out;
>      ?

Good observation. I'll fix this, thanks.

> 
>> +		goto out;
>> +
>> +	if (obj.base_btf && obj.distill_base) {
>> +		err = make_out_path(out_path, obj.path, BTF_BASE_ELF_SEC);
>> +		if (err || dump_raw_btf(obj.base_btf, out_path))
>> +			goto out;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	if (!(fatal_warnings && warnings))
>>  		err = 0;
>>  out:
> 
> [...]