Hi, Tao
Thank you for the update.
On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:40:03 +1300
> From: Tao Liu <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Crash-utility] [PATCH v3 1/2] extensions: Search all
>         possible paths
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true
>
> Search all possible paths for extensions. Previously if one path, e.g.
> "/usr/lib64/crash/extensions" exists, but no extensions found within,
> crash will not search any later paths, e.g. "./extensions". This patch
> will let crash continue to search any later paths.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Liu <[email protected]>
> ---
>  extensions.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/extensions.c b/extensions.c
> index d23b1e3..099af3b 100644
> --- a/extensions.c
> +++ b/extensions.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
>  #include <dlfcn.h>
>
>  static int in_extensions_library(char *, char *);
> -static char *get_extensions_directory(char *);
> +static char *get_extensions_directory(char *, bool *);
>  static void show_all_extensions(void);
>  static void show_extensions(char *);
>
> @@ -395,32 +395,29 @@ in_extensions_library(char *lib, char *buf)
>   * Look for an extensions directory using the proper order.
>   */
>  static char *
> -get_extensions_directory(char *dirbuf)
> +get_extensions_directory(char *dirbuf, bool *end)
>  {
> -       char *env;
> +       static int index = 0;
>


> +       char *dirs[] = {
> +               getenv("CRASH_EXTENSIONS"),
> +               BITS64() ? "/usr/lib64/crash/extensions" : NULL,
> +               "/usr/lib/crash/extensions",
> +               "./extensions",
> +       };
> +       char *dir;
>
> -       if ((env = getenv("CRASH_EXTENSIONS"))) {
> -               if (is_directory(env)) {
> -                       strcpy(dirbuf, env);
> -                       return dirbuf;
> -               }
> +       if (index >= sizeof(dirs) / sizeof(char *)) {
> +               *end = true;
> +               return NULL;
>         }
> -
> -       if (BITS64()) {
> -               sprintf(dirbuf, "/usr/lib64/crash/extensions");
> -               if (is_directory(dirbuf))
> -                       return dirbuf;
> +       *end = false;
> +       dir = dirs[index++];
> +       if (is_directory(dir)) {
> +               snprintf(dirbuf, BUFSIZE - 1, "%s", dir);
>

The snprintf() won't write more than BUFSIZE - 1 characters and will always
null-terminate the buffer(including the terminating null byte ('\0')),
so using the BUFSIZE should be safe and correct.

Other changes are fine to me. Otherwise: Ack.

Thanks
Lianbo


+               return dir;
> +       } else {
> +               return NULL;
>         }
> -
> -               sprintf(dirbuf, "/usr/lib/crash/extensions");
> -       if (is_directory(dirbuf))
> -               return dirbuf;
> -
> -               sprintf(dirbuf, "./extensions");
> -       if (is_directory(dirbuf))
> -               return dirbuf;
> -
> -       return NULL;
>  }
>
>
> @@ -432,14 +429,20 @@ preload_extensions(void)
>         char dirbuf[BUFSIZE];
>         char filename[BUFSIZE*2];
>         int found;
> +       bool end;
>
> -       if (!get_extensions_directory(dirbuf))
> -               return;
> +next_dir:
> +       if (!get_extensions_directory(dirbuf, &end)) {
> +               if (end)
> +                       return;
> +               else
> +                       goto next_dir;
> +       }
>
>          dirp = opendir(dirbuf);
>         if (!dirp) {
>                 error(INFO, "%s: %s\n", dirbuf, strerror(errno));
> -               return;
> +               goto next_dir;
>         }
>
>         pc->curcmd = pc->program_name;
> @@ -461,10 +464,12 @@ preload_extensions(void)
>
>         if (found)
>                 fprintf(fp, "\n");
> -       else
> +       else {
>                 error(NOTE,
>                     "%s: no extension modules found in directory\n\n",
>                         dirbuf);
> +               goto next_dir;
> +       }
>  }
>
>  /*
> --
> 2.47.0
>
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