Stating 'proprietary program' in the error is just silly since it can also be a different open source license than that which is just not compatible.
Reference: https://twitter.com/majek04/status/998531268039102465 Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <a...@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <bro...@redhat.com> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubrav...@fb.com> --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 1fd9667b..4f4786e 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int func_id, int insn /* eBPF programs must be GPL compatible to use GPL-ed functions */ if (!env->prog->gpl_compatible && fn->gpl_only) { - verbose(env, "cannot call GPL only function from proprietary program\n"); + verbose(env, "cannot call GPL-restricted function from non-GPL compatible program\n"); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.9.5
