On 07/01/2016 04:53 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Hello, > > The recent versions of libselinux use the fts() function in > src/selinux_restorecon.c. This function is BSD-only, and therefore not > available in the musl C library, and only available optionally in the > uClibc C library. > > Would it be possible to use instead the POSIX-compliant nftw() > function, which provides the same functionality? > > In addition, using fts() is problematic, as on glibc versions <= 2.22, > it is incompatible with large file support. selinux userspace has been using fts() since 2009 (commit cce17290670ed7e1803ca6da660225ac01931d0c), when policycoreutils/setfiles was converted from nftw() to fts(). libselinux usage is newer, but src/selinux_restorecon.c is essentially a library function version of setfiles. Not saying that it would be impossible to switch (back) to nftw(), but I guess we'd have to understand the cost/benefit tradeoff there. If fts() isn't available or well supported, why hasn't this previously been an issue for policycoreutils/setfiles? _______________________________________________ Selinux mailing list Selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to Selinux-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To get help, send an email containing "help" to Selinux-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
