Handle invalid root_type_ids early, as an invalid ID will cause dumpers to half-emit valid boilerplate and then bail with an unclean exit. This is ugly and possibly confusing for users, so preemptively handle the common error case before any dumping begins. Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c index d005e4fd6128..3e995faf9efa 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c @@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static int do_dump(int argc, char **argv) const char *src; int fd = -1; int err = 0; + int i; if (!REQ_ARGS(2)) { usage(); @@ -1017,6 +1018,17 @@ static int do_dump(int argc, char **argv) } } + /* Invalid root IDs causes half emitted boilerplate and then unclean + * exit. It's an ugly user experience, so handle common error here. + */ + for (i = 0; i < root_type_cnt; i++) { + if (root_type_ids[i] >= btf__type_cnt(btf)) { + err = -EINVAL; + p_err("invalid root ID: %u", root_type_ids[i]); + goto done; + } + } + if (dump_c) { if (json_output) { p_err("JSON output for C-syntax dump is not supported"); -- 2.46.0