linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tests: Handle properly readdir DT

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Message-ID: <20171208115515.GD2799@krava>
Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2017 12:55:15 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tests: Handle properly readdir DT_UNKNOWN

On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 12:19:05PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 06:45:35PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > Some system can return DT_UNKNOWN in readdir's struct dirent::d_type
> > and we must handle it properly. In this case we can directly check
> > if the entity we found is directory and skip it.
>  
> > Making is_directory function global.
> 
> Split this part into a prep patch and left with the previous paragraph
> the 'perf test' bits.
> 
> [acme@...et perf]$ git log --oneline -2
> de7cee586145 (HEAD -> perf/core, acme.korg/perf/core) perf test: Handle properly readdir DT_UNKNOWN
> ef87e1133606 perf utils: Move is_directory() to path.h
> [acme@...et perf]$

thanks,
jirka