netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf] tools: bpftool: close prog FD before exit on showing a single program

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Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:09:17 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@...ronome.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] tools: bpftool: close prog FD before exit on
 showing a single program

On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:05:16 -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > Would it be better to make show_prog(fd) close provided fd instead or
> > > is it used in some other context where FD should live longer (I
> > > haven't checked, sorry)?  
> >
> > I think it used to close that's how the bug crept in. Other than the bug
> > it's fine the way it is.  
> 
> So are you saying that show_prog() should or should not close FD?

Yup, it we'd have to rename it to indicate it closes the fd, and it's
only called in two places. Not worth the churn.