btf__parse_raw and btf__parse_elf return negative error numbers wrapped in an ERR_PTR, so the extracted value needs to be negated before passing them to strerror which expects a positive error number. Before: Error: failed to load BTF from .../vmlinux: Unknown error -2 After: Error: failed to load BTF from .../vmlinux: No such file or directory Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c index 41a1346934a1..da6c3b9bd821 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int do_dump(int argc, char **argv) btf = btf__parse_elf(*argv, NULL); if (IS_ERR(btf)) { - err = PTR_ERR(btf); + err = -PTR_ERR(btf); btf = NULL; p_err("failed to load BTF from %s: %s", *argv, strerror(err)); -- 2.26.1