case SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__ARCH_INIT_CPUID_PARSING:
                scnprintf(buf, buflen, "Problems while parsing the CPUID in the arch specific initialization.");
                break;
+       case SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_INVALID_FILE:
+               scnprintf(buf, buflen, "Invalid BPF file: %s.", dso->long_name);
+               break;
+       case SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_MISSING_BTF:
+               scnprintf(buf, buflen, "The %s BPF file has no BTF section, compile with -g or use pahole -J.",
+                         dso->long_name);
+               break;
        default:
                scnprintf(buf, buflen, "Internal error: Invalid %d error code\n", errnum);
                break;
        char tpath[PATH_MAX];
        size_t buf_size;
        int nr_skip = 0;
-       int ret = -1;
        char *buf;
        bfd *bfdf;
+       int ret;
        FILE *s;
 
        if (dso->binary_type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BPF_PROG_INFO)
-               return -1;
+               return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_INVALID_FILE;
 
        pr_debug("%s: handling sym %s addr %" PRIx64 " len %" PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
                  sym->name, sym->start, sym->end - sym->start);
        assert(bfd_check_format(bfdf, bfd_object));
 
        s = open_memstream(&buf, &buf_size);
-       if (!s)
+       if (!s) {
+               ret = errno;
                goto out;
+       }
        init_disassemble_info(&info, s,
                              (fprintf_ftype) fprintf);
 
 
        info_node = perf_env__find_bpf_prog_info(dso->bpf_prog.env,
                                                 dso->bpf_prog.id);
-       if (!info_node)
+       if (!info_node) {
+               return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_MISSING_BTF;
                goto out;
+       }
        info_linear = info_node->info_linear;
        sub_id = dso->bpf_prog.sub_id;
 
 
        SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__NO_LIBOPCODES_FOR_BPF,
        SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__ARCH_INIT_CPUID_PARSING,
        SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__ARCH_INIT_REGEXP,
+       SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_INVALID_FILE,
+       SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_MISSING_BTF,
 
        __SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__END,
 };