[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t 3/5] i915: Exercise preemption timeout controls in sysfs

[Andi Shyti]

> > > > > +     char buf[512];
> > > > > +     int len;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     lseek(engines, 0, SEEK_SET);
> > > > > +     while ((len = syscall(SYS_getdents64, engines, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
> > > > > +             void *ptr = buf;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +             while (len) {
> > > > > +                     struct linux_dirent64 {
> > > > > +                             ino64_t        d_ino;
> > > > > +                             off64_t        d_off;
> > > > > +                             unsigned short d_reclen;
> > > > > +                             unsigned char  d_type;
> > > > > +                             char           d_name[];
> > > > > +                     } *de = ptr;
> > > > 
> > > > what is the need for having your own linux_dirent64?
> > > 
> > > fdopendir() takes ownership of the fd, preventing reuse. And
> > > fdopendir(dup()) is getting ridiculous.
> > 
> > why not using dirent64?
> 
> It's still the same problem that it takes a DIR, assuming ownership of
> the fd. Why using linux_dirent64 because the manpage says so -- if you
> are going to use the syscall, you need to match it's calling
> conventions, not a middleman's.

I understand, but in bits/dirent.h there is, with some
assumptions, this part:

#ifdef __USE_LARGEFILE64
struct dirent64
  {
    __ino64_t d_ino;
    __off64_t d_off;
    unsigned short int d_reclen;
    unsigned char d_type;
    char d_name[256];           /* We must not include limits.h! */
  };
#endif

why redefine a struct linux_dirent64?

Andi

PS We have time until Monday morning to discuss this, right? :)