[PATCH] perf:util:dso: Using O_CLOEXEC in do_open

From: Wang YanQing
Date: Mon Jan 15 2018 - 02:01:19 EST


I meet strange behavior with below commands on my gentoo box:
1:perf kmem record
2:CTRL-C to stop 1
3:perf report
4:"Enter", "Enter", "Run scripts for all samples",
"event_analyzing_sample".

Then perf report:
"
No kallsyms or vmlinux with build-id xxxx was found
/lib/modules/4.10.0+/build/vmlinux with build id xxxx not found,
continuing without symbols
".

It is strange because I am sure /lib/modules/4.10.0+/build/vmlinux
is right for perf.data.

After digging, I find out the reason is "perf report" generates many
open fds, then "script_browse" uses popen to run "perf script" which
run out of open files. The gentoo box has a small default value for
"max open files", 1024. Yes, "ulimit -n " with a bigger number could
fix it, but I think that using O_CLOEXEC in do_open is a better way.

Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index d5b6f7f..36ef45b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int do_open(char *name)
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];

do {
- fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
+ fd = open(name, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
if (fd >= 0)
return fd;

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1.8.5.6.2.g3d8a54e.dirty