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

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 02:15:35 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	wangnan0@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, acme@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	dsahern@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
	jolsa@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Use readdir() instead of deprecated
 readdir_r()

Commit-ID:  2515e614834f362eed36fb5ea5d359d94a525263
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/2515e614834f362eed36fb5ea5d359d94a525263
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:32:15 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 May 2016 10:22:54 -0300

perf tools: 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 when synthesizing events for pre-existing threads
by traversing /proc, 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       /tmp/build/perf/util/event.o
  util/event.c: In function '__event__synthesize_thread':
  util/event.c:466:2: error: 'readdir_r' is deprecated [-Werror=deprecated-declarations]
    while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) {
    ^~~~~
  In file included from /usr/include/features.h:368:0,
                   from /usr/include/stdint.h:25,
                   from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/6.0.0/include/stdint.h:9,
                   from /git/linux/tools/include/linux/types.h:6,
                   from util/event.c:1:
  /usr/include/dirent.h:189:12: note: declared here

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-i1vj7nyjp2p750rirxgrfd3c@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/event.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index dad55d0..edcf4ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 {
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 	DIR *tasks;
-	struct dirent dirent, *next;
+	struct dirent *dirent;
 	pid_t tgid, ppid;
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -462,11 +462,11 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) {
+	while ((dirent = readdir(tasks)) != NULL) {
 		char *end;
 		pid_t _pid;
 
-		_pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
+		_pid = strtol(dirent->d_name, &end, 10);
 		if (*end)
 			continue;
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
 {
 	DIR *proc;
 	char proc_path[PATH_MAX];
-	struct dirent dirent, *next;
+	struct dirent *dirent;
 	union perf_event *comm_event, *mmap_event, *fork_event;
 	int err = -1;
 
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (proc == NULL)
 		goto out_free_fork;
 
-	while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) {
+	while ((dirent = readdir(proc)) != NULL) {
 		char *end;
-		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;