On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:44:40 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Roland Mainz <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:12:45 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote:
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> >>> Attached (as "astksh20130719_cd_fix001.diff.txt") is a patch to fix
> >>> the following issues with the cd(1) buildin:
> >>> 1. error handling in cd(1) is fixed
> >>> 2. cd(1) no longer uses |stat()| to validate whether the opened file
> >>> name is a directory if |O_DIRECTORY| is set. This saves a syscall.
> >>> 3. cd(1) now opens directories first without |O_SEARCH| and if this
> >>> fails tries again with |O_SEARCH|. This is mainly to ensure the error
> >>> messages are the same as for other shells. This could should not be
> >>> moved into libast since this backwards-compatibility support is only
> >>> for the cd(1) builtin. Needed for Solaris/Illumos to boot correctly...
> >>> ;-/
> >>
> >> I don't understand why this is specific to the cd(1) builtin
> >> it seems that any other open(O_DIRECTORY) would want to report the same 
> >> error
> >> when dealing with an XATTR file
> >
> > Erm... the issue is with  |O_SEARCH| and not |O_DIRECTORY|. The errno
> > code and therefore the error message from cd(1) changes... which
> > becomes an issue if you have shell code like [[ $(LC_ALL=C cd
> > nfsdir123 2>&1) == *blablamsg* ]] in the boot sequence... I don't have
> > the details (AFAIK it's |EACCESS| vs. |EPERM|) around right now and
> > need to boot Solaris to dig it out... may need a few hours until I
> > other builds in other VMs have finished so that I can shut them down
> > and boot Solaris...

> Here is one difference (not the one I was thinking about but it
> demonstrates the problem):

> # old ksh93
> $ ksh93_t -c 'cd /etc/profile'
> /bin/ksh93_t[1]: cd: /etc/profile: [Not a directory]

> # new ksh93 without fix
> $ ksh_v -c 'cd /etc/profile'
> /home/test001/bin/ksh_v: cd: /etc/profile: [Permission denied]

> The difference is AFAIK only a problem for cd(1) ...

thanks
for now we'll put it the ast_openat() intercept
this patch has been confusing enough to corral it in one place
for consistency across ast

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