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

[Chris Lalancette]

On 01/22/2010 09:44 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:00:58AM -0600, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
>> 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
> 
>   I understand this as being resolved by gnulib implementation, in which
> case ACK to the make check addition,

Right, exactly.  Thanks, pushed now.

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Chris Lalancette