netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4] bpftool: use only nftw for file tree parsing

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:50:40 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4] bpftool: use only nftw for file tree parsing

On 7/21/20 4:48 AM, Tony Ambardar wrote:
> The bpftool sources include code to walk file trees, but use multiple
> frameworks to do so: nftw and fts. While nftw conforms to POSIX/SUSv3 and
> is widely available, fts is not conformant and less common, especially on
> non-glibc systems. The inconsistent framework usage hampers maintenance
> and portability of bpftool, in particular for embedded systems.
> 
> Standardize code usage by rewriting one fts-based function to use nftw and
> clean up some related function warnings by extending use of "const char *"
> arguments. This change helps in building bpftool against musl for OpenWrt.
> 
> Also fix an unsafe call to dirname() by duplicating the string to pass,
> since some implementations may directly alter it. The same approach is
> used in libbpf.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <Tony.Ambardar@...il.com>

Lgtm, applied, thanks!