Return -EOPNOTSUPP if tracing BPF program is attempted to be attached with specified attach_btf_obj_fd pointing to non-kernel (neither vmlinux nor module) BTF object. This scenario might be supported in the future and isn't outright invalid, so -EINVAL isn't the most appropriate error code. Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c index 0cd3cc2af9c1..7e2bf671c6db 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c @@ -2121,8 +2121,11 @@ static int bpf_prog_load(union bpf_attr *attr, union bpf_attr __user *uattr) if (IS_ERR(attach_btf)) return -EINVAL; if (!btf_is_kernel(attach_btf)) { + /* attaching through specifying bpf_prog's BTF + * objects directly might be supported eventually + */ btf_put(attach_btf); - return -EINVAL; + return -EOPNOTSUPP; } } } else if (attr->attach_btf_id) { -- 2.24.1