On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:07:30 +0200 "Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware)" <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some ftrace files and directories are optional, depending on specific kernel configuration or version. > It is a good practice to check if the file / directory exist, before trying to access it. There are a lot of places in trace-cmd implementation with such checks. > The new libtracefs APIs can be used for this, they are ftarce instance aware: > bool tracefs_file_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name); > bool tracefs_dir_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name); > > Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/tracefs/tracefs.h | 3 +++ > lib/tracefs/tracefs-instance.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/include/tracefs/tracefs.h b/include/tracefs/tracefs.h > index 85690b66..bc8bebcb 100644 > --- a/include/tracefs/tracefs.h > +++ b/include/tracefs/tracefs.h > @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ int tracefs_instance_file_write(struct tracefs_instance *instance, > char *tracefs_instance_file_read(struct tracefs_instance *instance, > char *file, int *psize); > > +bool tracefs_file_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name); > +bool tracefs_dir_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name); > + > /* events */ > void tracefs_list_free(char **list); > char **tracefs_event_systems(const char *tracing_dir); > diff --git a/lib/tracefs/tracefs-instance.c b/lib/tracefs/tracefs-instance.c > index b96ab61c..67123e7c 100644 > --- a/lib/tracefs/tracefs-instance.c > +++ b/lib/tracefs/tracefs-instance.c > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ > #include <errno.h> > #include <sys/stat.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > - > +#include <linux/limits.h> > #include "tracefs.h" > #include "tracefs-local.h" > > @@ -247,3 +247,50 @@ char *tracefs_instance_file_read(struct tracefs_instance *instance, > > return buf; > } > + > +static bool check_file_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, > + char *name, bool dir) > +{ > + char file[PATH_MAX]; > + struct stat st; > + char *path; > + int ret; > + > + path = tracefs_instance_get_dir(instance); > + snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", path, name); > + tracefs_put_tracing_file(path); > + ret = stat(file, &st); > + if (ret < 0) > + return false; > + > + if (dir && !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) > + return false; > + if (!dir && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) > + return false; > + > + return true; BTW, the above can be converted to just: return !dir == !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode); > +} > + > +/** > + * tracefs_file_exist - Check if a file with given name exists in given instance > + * @instance: ftrace instance, can be NULL for the top instance > + * @name: name of the file > + * > + * Returns true if the file exists, false otherwise Probably should comment that this will return false if the "file" exists but is a directory. Is there any reason we would not want to return true here if it was a directory? A directory is just another kind of "file" (in the Unix world). -- Steve > + */ > +bool tracefs_file_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name) > +{ > + return check_file_exist(instance, name, false); > +} > + > +/** > + * tracefs_dir_exist - Check if a directory with given name exists in given instance > + * @instance: ftrace instance, can be NULL for the top instance > + * @name: name of the directory > + * > + * Returns true if the directory exists, false otherwise > + */ > +bool tracefs_dir_exist(struct tracefs_instance *instance, char *name) > +{ > + return check_file_exist(instance, name, true); > +}