On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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:
>> >>> --089e0149cb8086aeb604e21d9ff5
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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

Ok... David already convinced me...
... but keep the remainder of the patch intact (e.g. errno handling,
dead code removal, close of |shp->pwdfd| on exit), please...

----

Bye,
Roland

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