Re: [PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description
From: Chenbo Feng Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:41:23 -0700 > From: Chenbo Feng > > The description inside uapi/linux/bpf.h about bpf_get_socket_uid > helper function is no longer valid. It returns overflowuid rather > than 0 when failed. > > Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng Applied.
Re: [PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 01:10:27PM +0200, Daniel Borkmann wrote: > On 04/27/2017 01:41 AM, Chenbo Feng wrote: > > From: Chenbo Feng > > > > The description inside uapi/linux/bpf.h about bpf_get_socket_uid > > helper function is no longer valid. It returns overflowuid rather > > than 0 when failed. > > > > Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng > > "bpf: " prefix in patch subject line would have been good. +1 last time missing 'bpf:' prefix caused me headaches during backporting, so please always use it. Also please use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to make sure maintainers cc-ed on patches. gmail delivers netdev list emails to my mailbox with 10+ hour delay for some reason. Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov
Re: [PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description
On 04/27/2017 01:41 AM, Chenbo Feng wrote: From: Chenbo Feng The description inside uapi/linux/bpf.h about bpf_get_socket_uid helper function is no longer valid. It returns overflowuid rather than 0 when failed. Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng "bpf: " prefix in patch subject line would have been good. Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann
[PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description
From: Chenbo Feng The description inside uapi/linux/bpf.h about bpf_get_socket_uid helper function is no longer valid. It returns overflowuid rather than 0 when failed. Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng --- include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index e553529..945a1f5 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ union bpf_attr { * u32 bpf_get_socket_uid(skb) * Get the owner uid of the socket stored inside sk_buff. * @skb: pointer to skb - * Return: uid of the socket owner on success or 0 if the socket pointer - * inside sk_buff is NULL + * Return: uid of the socket owner on success or overflowuid if failed. */ #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \ FN(unspec), \ -- 2.7.4