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The helpers continue to use int for retval because all the hooks are int-returning rather than long-returning. The return value of bpf_set_retval is int for future-proofing, in case in the future there may be errors trying to set the retval. After the previous patch, if a program rejects a syscall by returning 0, an -EPERM will be generated no matter if the retval is already set to -err. This patch change it being forced only if retval is not -err. This is because we want to support, for example, invoking bpf_set_retval(-EINVAL) and return 0, and have the syscall return value be -EINVAL not -EPERM. For BPF_PROG_CGROUP_INET_EGRESS_RUN_ARRAY, the prior behavior is that, if the return value is NET_XMIT_DROP, the packet is silently dropped. We preserve this behavior for backward compatibility reasons, so even if an errno is set, the errno does not return to caller. However, setting a non-err to retval cannot propagate so this is not allowed and we return a -EFAULT in that case. Signed-off-by: YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei@google.com> Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b4013fd5d16bed0b01977c1fafdeae12e1de61fb.1639619851.git.zhuyifei@google.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.