It should never fail, but if it does, it's better to know about this rather than end up with nonsensical type IDs. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c index b0e038480300..5505c85e8b7b 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c @@ -1429,6 +1429,13 @@ static int linker_fixup_btf(struct src_obj *obj) static int remap_type_id(__u32 *type_id, void *ctx) { int *id_map = ctx; + int new_id = id_map[*type_id]; + + /* Error out if the type wasn't remapped. Ignore VOID which stays VOID. */ + if (new_id == 0 && *type_id != 0) { + pr_warn("failed to find new ID mapping for original BTF type ID %u\n", *type_id); + return -EINVAL; + } *type_id = id_map[*type_id]; -- 2.30.2