[PATCH v2 6/7] perf parse-events: Switch tracepoints to io_dir__readdir

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Fri Feb 07 2025 - 18:26:24 EST


Avoid DIR allocations when scanning sysfs by using io_dir for the
readdir implementation, that allocates about 1kb on the stack.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/api/io_dir.h | 2 --
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/api/io_dir.h b/tools/lib/api/io_dir.h
index c84738923c96..9f07460afacc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/io_dir.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/io_dir.h
@@ -89,5 +89,3 @@ static inline bool io_dir__is_dir(const struct io_dir *iod, struct io_dirent64 *
}
return dent->d_type == DT_DIR;
}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6c36b98875bc..35e48fe56dfa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include "strbuf.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
+#include <api/io_dir.h>
#include <perf/cpumap.h>
#include <util/parse-events-bison.h>
#include <util/parse-events-flex.h>
@@ -554,8 +555,8 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
struct parse_events_terms *head_config, YYLTYPE *loc)
{
char *evt_path;
- struct dirent *evt_ent;
- DIR *evt_dir;
+ struct io_dirent64 *evt_ent;
+ struct io_dir evt_dir;
int ret = 0, found = 0;

evt_path = get_events_file(sys_name);
@@ -563,14 +564,14 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
return -1;
}
- evt_dir = opendir(evt_path);
- if (!evt_dir) {
+ io_dir__init(&evt_dir, open(evt_path, O_CLOEXEC | O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY));
+ if (evt_dir.dirfd < 0) {
put_events_file(evt_path);
tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
return -1;
}

- while (!ret && (evt_ent = readdir(evt_dir))) {
+ while (!ret && (evt_ent = io_dir__readdir(&evt_dir))) {
if (!strcmp(evt_ent->d_name, ".")
|| !strcmp(evt_ent->d_name, "..")
|| !strcmp(evt_ent->d_name, "enable")
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
}

put_events_file(evt_path);
- closedir(evt_dir);
+ close(evt_dir.dirfd);
return ret;
}

@@ -615,17 +616,23 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
struct parse_events_error *err,
struct parse_events_terms *head_config, YYLTYPE *loc)
{
- struct dirent *events_ent;
- DIR *events_dir;
+ struct io_dirent64 *events_ent;
+ struct io_dir events_dir;
int ret = 0;
+ char *events_dir_path = get_tracing_file("events");

- events_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
- if (!events_dir) {
+ if (!events_dir_path) {
+ tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ io_dir__init(&events_dir, open(events_dir_path, O_CLOEXEC | O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY));
+ put_events_file(events_dir_path);
+ if (events_dir.dirfd < 0) {
tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
return -1;
}

- while (!ret && (events_ent = readdir(events_dir))) {
+ while (!ret && (events_ent = io_dir__readdir(&events_dir))) {
if (!strcmp(events_ent->d_name, ".")
|| !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "..")
|| !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "enable")
@@ -639,8 +646,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
ret = add_tracepoint_event(parse_state, list, events_ent->d_name,
evt_name, err, head_config, loc);
}
-
- closedir(events_dir);
+ close(events_dir.dirfd);
return ret;
}

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