[libvirt] [PATCH] Add a rule to check for uses of readlink.

[Jamie Strandboge]

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 11:33 -0500, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalance at redhat.com>
> ---
>  .x-sc_prohibit_readlink |    2 ++
>  cfg.mk                  |    5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 .x-sc_prohibit_readlink

This breaks AppArmor (see why in my response to the AppArmor change).
Readlink() can be used safely, so perhaps the check can be done such
that if using readlink, you must check the return code. Or simply warn
if using readlink.

virFileResolveLink() behaves substantially differently than readlink()
and deprecating readlink() without adjusting virFileResolveLink() is
IMHO unwise (while AppArmor is the only thing affected atm, it seems at
least possible that new future code may need/want to readlink() things
in /proc (eg /proc/self/exe)). 

Jamie

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Jamie Strandboge             | http://www.canonical.com
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