Re: [PATCH v5 06/50] tools lib api: Add io_dir an allocation free readdir alternative

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 20:50:15 EST


On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 2:09 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> glibc's opendir allocates a minimum of 32kb, when called recursively
> for a directory tree the memory consumption can add up - nearly 300kb
> during perf start-up when processing modules. Add a stack allocated
> variant of readdir sized a little more than 1kb.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Namhyung