linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf thread_map: Use readdir() instead of deprecated readdir

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Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:20:55 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	namhyung@...nel.org, wangnan0@...wei.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	dsahern@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, jolsa@...nel.org,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf thread_map: Use readdir() instead of
 deprecated readdir_r()

Commit-ID:  3354cf71104de49326d19d2f9bdb1f66eea52ef4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3354cf71104de49326d19d2f9bdb1f66eea52ef4
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:31:24 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:31:24 -0300

perf thread_map: Use readdir() instead of deprecated readdir_r()

The readdir() function is thread safe as long as just one thread uses a
DIR, which is the case in thread_map, so, to avoid breaking the build
with glibc-2.23.90 (upcoming 2.24), use it instead of readdir_r().

See: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/readdir.3.html

"However, in modern implementations (including the glibc implementation),
concurrent calls to readdir() that specify different directory streams
are thread-safe.  In cases where multiple threads must read from the
same directory stream, using readdir() with external synchronization is
still preferable to the use of the deprecated readdir_r(3) function."

Noticed while building on a Fedora Rawhide docker container.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-del8h2a0f40z75j4r42l96l0@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/thread_map.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index 08afc69..267112b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_uid(uid_t uid)
 	DIR *proc;
 	int max_threads = 32, items, i;
 	char path[256];
-	struct dirent dirent, *next, **namelist = NULL;
+	struct dirent *dirent, **namelist = NULL;
 	struct thread_map *threads = thread_map__alloc(max_threads);
 
 	if (threads == NULL)
@@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_uid(uid_t uid)
 	threads->nr = 0;
 	atomic_set(&threads->refcnt, 1);
 
-	while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) {
+	while ((dirent = readdir(proc)) != NULL) {
 		char *end;
 		bool grow = false;
 		struct stat st;
-		pid_t pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
+		pid_t pid = strtol(dirent->d_name, &end, 10);
 
 		if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */
 			continue;
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%s", dirent.d_name);
+		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%s", dirent->d_name);
 
 		if (stat(path, &st) != 0)
 			continue;