This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled perf tools: Use readdir() instead of deprecated readdir_r() to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: perf-tools-use-readdir-instead-of-deprecated-readdir_r.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 7093b4c963cc4e344e490c774924a180602a7092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:32:15 -0300 Subject: perf tools: Use readdir() instead of deprecated readdir_r() From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 7093b4c963cc4e344e490c774924a180602a7092 upstream. The readdir() function is thread safe as long as just one thread uses a DIR, which is the case when synthesizing events for pre-existing threads by traversing /proc, so, to avoid breaking the build with glibc-2.23.90 (upcoming 2.24), use it instead of readdir_r(). See: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/readdir.3.html "However, in modern implementations (including the glibc implementation), concurrent calls to readdir() that specify different directory streams are thread-safe. In cases where multiple threads must read from the same directory stream, using readdir() with external synchronization is still preferable to the use of the deprecated readdir_r(3) function." Noticed while building on a Fedora Rawhide docker container. CC /tmp/build/perf/util/event.o util/event.c: In function '__event__synthesize_thread': util/event.c:466:2: error: 'readdir_r' is deprecated [-Werror=deprecated-declarations] while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) { ^~~~~ In file included from /usr/include/features.h:368:0, from /usr/include/stdint.h:25, from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/6.0.0/include/stdint.h:9, from /git/linux/tools/include/linux/types.h:6, from util/event.c:1: /usr/include/dirent.h:189:12: note: declared here Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-i1vj7nyjp2p750rirxgrfd3c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/event.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/tools/perf/util/event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(un { char filename[PATH_MAX]; DIR *tasks; - struct dirent dirent, *next; + struct dirent *dirent; pid_t tgid, ppid; int rc = 0; @@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(un return 0; } - while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) { + while ((dirent = readdir(tasks)) != NULL) { char *end; pid_t _pid; - _pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10); + _pid = strtol(dirent->d_name, &end, 10); if (*end) continue; @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struc { DIR *proc; char proc_path[PATH_MAX]; - struct dirent dirent, *next; + struct dirent *dirent; union perf_event *comm_event, *mmap_event, *fork_event; int err = -1; @@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struc if (proc == NULL) goto out_free_fork; - while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) { + while ((dirent = readdir(proc)) != NULL) { char *end; - pid_t pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10); + pid_t pid = strtol(dirent->d_name, &end, 10); if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */ continue; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from acme@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/perf-tools-use-readdir-instead-of-deprecated-readdir_r.patch queue-4.4/perf-thread_map-correctly-size-buffer-used-with-dirent-dt_name.patch queue-4.4/perf-tests-remove-wrong-semicolon-in-while-loop-in-cqm-test.patch queue-4.4/perf-annotate-browser-fix-behaviour-of-shift-tab-with-nothing-focussed.patch queue-4.4/perf-tests-avoid-possible-truncation-with-dirent-d_name-snprintf.patch queue-4.4/perf-top-use-__fallthrough.patch queue-4.4/perf-scripting-perl-fix-compile-error-with-some-perl5-versions.patch queue-4.4/perf-bench-numa-avoid-possible-truncation-when-using-snprintf.patch queue-4.4/perf-tools-use-readdir-instead-of-deprecated-readdir_r-again.patch queue-4.4/perf-thread_map-use-readdir-instead-of-deprecated-readdir_r.patch queue-4.4/perf-tools-remove-duplicate-const-qualifier.patch queue-4.4/tools-string-use-__fallthrough-in-perf_atoll.patch queue-4.4/perf-intel-pt-use-__fallthrough.patch queue-4.4/perf-script-use-readdir-instead-of-deprecated-readdir_r.patch queue-4.4/tools-include-add-a-__fallthrough-statement.patch queue-4.4/tools-strfilter-use-__fallthrough.patch queue-4.4/perf-dwarf-guard-x86_64-definitions-under-ifdef-else-clause.patch queue-4.4/perf-pmu-fix-misleadingly-indented-assignment-whitespace.patch queue-4.4/perf-trace-do-not-process-perf_record_lost-twice.patch