prog->expected_attach_type = type;
 }
 
-#define BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, eatype, atype) \
-       { string, sizeof(string) - 1, ptype, eatype, atype }
+#define BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, eatype, is_attachable, atype) \
+       { string, sizeof(string) - 1, ptype, eatype, is_attachable, atype }
 
 /* Programs that can NOT be attached. */
-#define BPF_PROG_SEC(string, ptype) BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, 0, -EINVAL)
+#define BPF_PROG_SEC(string, ptype) BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, 0, 0, 0)
 
 /* Programs that can be attached. */
 #define BPF_APROG_SEC(string, ptype, atype) \
-       BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, 0, atype)
+       BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, 0, 1, atype)
 
 /* Programs that must specify expected attach type at load time. */
 #define BPF_EAPROG_SEC(string, ptype, eatype) \
-       BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, eatype, eatype)
+       BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL(string, ptype, eatype, 1, eatype)
 
 /* Programs that can be attached but attach type can't be identified by section
  * name. Kept for backward compatibility.
        size_t len;
        enum bpf_prog_type prog_type;
        enum bpf_attach_type expected_attach_type;
+       int is_attachable;
        enum bpf_attach_type attach_type;
 } section_names[] = {
        BPF_PROG_SEC("socket",                  BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER),
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(section_names); i++) {
                if (strncmp(name, section_names[i].sec, section_names[i].len))
                        continue;
-               if (section_names[i].attach_type == -EINVAL)
+               if (!section_names[i].is_attachable)
                        return -EINVAL;
                *attach_type = section_names[i].attach_type;
                return 0;