Simplify libbpf_num_possible_cpus by using sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF) instead of parsing a file. This patch is a part of libbpf-1.0 milestone. Reference: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issue/383 Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 16 +++------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index da65a1666a5e..1d730b08ee44 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -10765,25 +10765,15 @@ int parse_cpu_mask_file(const char *fcpu, bool **mask, int *mask_sz) int libbpf_num_possible_cpus(void) { - static const char *fcpu = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible"; static int cpus; - int err, n, i, tmp_cpus; - bool *mask; + int tmp_cpus; tmp_cpus = READ_ONCE(cpus); if (tmp_cpus > 0) return tmp_cpus; - err = parse_cpu_mask_file(fcpu, &mask, &n); - if (err) - return libbpf_err(err); - - tmp_cpus = 0; - for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { - if (mask[i]) - tmp_cpus++; - } - free(mask); + tmp_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); + /* sysconf sets errno; no need to use libbpf_err */ WRITE_ONCE(cpus, tmp_cpus); return tmp_cpus; -- 2.17.1