Make the compiler report a clear error when bpf_helpers_doc.py needs
updating rather than rely on the fact that Clang fails to compile
English:

../../../lib/bpf/bpf_helper_defs.h:2707:1: error: unknown type name 
'Unrecognized'
Unrecognized type 'struct bpf_inet_lookup', please add it to known types!

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <ja...@cloudflare.com>
---
 scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
index 7df9ce598ff9..08300bc024da 100755
--- a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
         if t in self.mapped_types:
             return self.mapped_types[t]
         print("")
-        print("Unrecognized type '%s', please add it to known types!" % t)
+        print("#error \"Unrecognized type '%s', please add it to known 
types!\"" % t)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     seen_helpers = set()
-- 
2.20.1

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