When batch mode is used and all commands succeeds, bpftool prints the number of commands processed to stderr. There is no particular reason to use stderr for this, we could as well use stdout. It would avoid getting unnecessary output on stderr if the standard ouptut is redirected, for example.
Reported-by: David Beckett <david.beck...@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.mon...@netronome.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicin...@netronome.com> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c index 828dde30e9ec..75a3296dc0bc 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static int do_batch(int argc, char **argv) p_err("reading batch file failed: %s", strerror(errno)); err = -1; } else { - p_info("processed %d commands", lines); + if (!json_output) + printf("processed %d commands\n", lines); err = 0; } err_close: -- 2.7.4