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-rw-r--r--prog/encodingexec.go7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/prog/encodingexec.go b/prog/encodingexec.go
index b2b173bbe..e45ba1192 100644
--- a/prog/encodingexec.go
+++ b/prog/encodingexec.go
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ func (s ByPhysicalAddr) Less(i, j int) bool {
}
// SerializeForExec serializes program p for execution by process pid into the provided buffer.
+// Returns number of bytes written to the buffer.
// If the provided buffer is too small for the program an error is returned.
-func (p *Prog) SerializeForExec(buffer []byte, pid int) error {
+func (p *Prog) SerializeForExec(buffer []byte, pid int) (int, error) {
if debug {
if err := p.validate(); err != nil {
panic(fmt.Errorf("serializing invalid program: %v", err))
@@ -193,9 +194,9 @@ func (p *Prog) SerializeForExec(buffer []byte, pid int) error {
}
w.write(ExecInstrEOF)
if w.eof {
- return fmt.Errorf("provided buffer is too small")
+ return 0, fmt.Errorf("provided buffer is too small")
}
- return nil
+ return len(buffer) - len(w.buf), nil
}
func (target *Target) physicalAddr(arg Arg) uint64 {