Re: [PATCH v3] tools/lib/traceevent: Replace str_error_r() with an open coded implementation

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 11:45:16AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:37:31 -0300
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Em Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 11:30:56AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> > > Bah, I now get warnings that sys_nerr and sys_errlist are deprecated.
> > > 
> > > OK, so going back to just using the racy strerror() should be good
> > > enough, as this incompatibility with strerror_r() is a disaster!  
> > 
> > I've been there, done that... ;-) Check:
> > 
> > tools/lib/str_error_r.c
> > tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
> > 
> > The trick: have this function in a separate file, so that _GNU_SOURCE
> > doesn't get in the way...
> > 
> 
> Yep, I've been looking at these. I'll need to add yet another version,
> so that we can have it for the external libtraceevent. I'll be sending
> out a patch shortly.

Unfortunately, yes, due to licensing and because we don't have a
liblinux with the things in tools/lib/*.c, we need to relicense that as
at least LGPL 2.1 :-\

Lets start here, whoever reads this message, would you have a problem
with relicensing what is in tools/lib/*.c and tools/lib/api/ as LGPL
2.1?

- Arnaldo