[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] loader: add loader_open_name(..)

[Emil Velikov]

On 1 August 2018 at 22:07, Christian Gmeiner
<christian.gmeiner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Add an improved drmOpenWithType(..) clone which fixes some serious
> flaws. Some highlights:
>  - using busid works only with PCI devices
>  - open() w/o O_CLOEXEC
>  - when build w/o udev - it creates a node: mkdir, chown(root), chmod, mknod
>  - calls back into Xserver/DDX module
>  - last but no least - borderline hacks with massive documentation [1]
>    to keep this running.
>
Please don't copy random hunks from libdrm. There are some hidden
dragons in there - just like the one Eric pointed out.
Instead you can move/factor out tegra_open_render_node() into a helper
and use that ;-)

Bonus points, if you plug the mem leak, just after strcmp call.

Thanks
Emil