Thanks Anders, this should be fine. You can also place your explanation
into the commit that adds the patch.

Alex

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 at 00:02, Anders Wallin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> coreutils is using gnulib as a submodule. In the tarball used by the
> recipe the gnulib source is included. The patch comes from
> gnulib
> https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/47bf2cf3184027c1eb9c1dfeea5c5b8b2d69710d
> In the next release of coreutils this fix will be included.
>
> I will make a V2 patch with this information and add the Upstream-Status,
> but it's late now so I will do it on Monday
>
> Anders Wallin
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 10:43 PM Anders Wallin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It caused ‘find’ and ‘du’ to dump core, and it was useful
>> only for obsolescent Linux filesystems anyway.  Problem reported in:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2020-04/msg00068.html
>> Quite possibly there is still a serious underlying fts bug with
>> tight-loop-check and mutating file systems, but if so this patch
>> should cause the bug to be triggered less often.
>> * lib/fts.c (enum leaf_optimization): Remove
>> NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION, as it’s problematic.
>> (S_MAGIC_REISERFS, S_MAGIC_XFS): Remove; no longer needed.
>> (leaf_optimization): Remove special cases for ReiserFS and XFS.
>> (fts_read): Remove NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION code.
>> * lib/fts_.h (struct _ftsent.fts_n_dirs_remaining):
>> Remove.  All uses removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anders Wallin <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  ...-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch | 162 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.32.bb |   1 +
>>  2 files changed, 163 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644
>> meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/0001-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch
>>
>> diff --git
>> a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/0001-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch
>> b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/0001-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..e3f9e3b502
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++
>> b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/0001-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
>> +From 0a0d887e095f97185d25e90b59612b1da8197533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +Message-Id: <
>> 0a0d887e095f97185d25e90b59612b1da8197533.1624008099.git.walli...@gmail.com
>> >
>> +From: Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
>> +Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:50:32 -0700
>> +Subject: [PATCH] fts: remove NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION
>> +MIME-Version: 1.0
>> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>> +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>> +
>> +It caused ‘find’ and ‘du’ to dump core, and it was useful
>> +only for obsolescent Linux filesystems anyway.  Problem reported in:
>> +https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2020-04/msg00068.html
>> +Quite possibly there is still a serious underlying fts bug with
>> +tight-loop-check and mutating file systems, but if so this patch
>> +should cause the bug to be triggered less often.
>> +* lib/fts.c (enum leaf_optimization): Remove
>> +NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION, as it’s problematic.
>> +(S_MAGIC_REISERFS, S_MAGIC_XFS): Remove; no longer needed.
>> +(leaf_optimization): Remove special cases for ReiserFS and XFS.
>> +(fts_read): Remove NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION code.
>> +* lib/fts_.h (struct _ftsent.fts_n_dirs_remaining):
>> +Remove.  All uses removed.
>> +---
>> + lib/fts.c  | 56 ++++++++----------------------------------------------
>> + lib/fts_.h |  5 -----
>> + 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/lib/fts.c b/lib/fts.c
>> +index d3a0472..ade8c33 100644
>> +--- a/lib/fts.c
>> ++++ b/lib/fts.c
>> +@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ fts_open (char * const *argv,
>> +                 if ((parent = fts_alloc(sp, "", 0)) == NULL)
>> +                         goto mem2;
>> +                 parent->fts_level = FTS_ROOTPARENTLEVEL;
>> +-                parent->fts_n_dirs_remaining = -1;
>> +           }
>> +
>> +         /* The classic fts implementation would call fts_stat with
>> +@@ -634,9 +633,8 @@ fts_close (FTS *sp)
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* Minimum link count of a traditional Unix directory.  When leaf
>> +-   optimization is OK and MIN_DIR_NLINK <= st_nlink, then st_nlink is
>> +-   an upper bound on the number of subdirectories (counting "." and
>> +-   "..").  */
>> ++   optimization is OK and a directory's st_nlink == MIN_DIR_NLINK,
>> ++   then the directory has no subdirectories.  */
>> + enum { MIN_DIR_NLINK = 2 };
>> +
>> + /* Whether leaf optimization is OK for a directory.  */
>> +@@ -645,12 +643,8 @@ enum leaf_optimization
>> +     /* st_nlink is not reliable for this directory's subdirectories.  */
>> +     NO_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION,
>> +
>> +-    /* Leaf optimization is OK, but is not useful for avoiding stat
>> calls.  */
>> +-    OK_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION,
>> +-
>> +-    /* Leaf optimization is not only OK: it is useful for avoiding
>> +-       stat calls, because dirent.d_type does not work.  */
>> +-    NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION
>> ++    /* st_nlink == 2 means the directory lacks subdirectories.  */
>> ++    OK_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION
>> +   };
>> +
>> + #if (defined __linux__ || defined __ANDROID__) \
>> +@@ -663,9 +657,7 @@ enum leaf_optimization
>> + # define S_MAGIC_CIFS 0xFF534D42
>> + # define S_MAGIC_NFS 0x6969
>> + # define S_MAGIC_PROC 0x9FA0
>> +-# define S_MAGIC_REISERFS 0x52654973
>> + # define S_MAGIC_TMPFS 0x1021994
>> +-# define S_MAGIC_XFS 0x58465342
>> +
>> + # ifdef HAVE___FSWORD_T
>> + typedef __fsword_t fsword;
>> +@@ -782,23 +774,15 @@ dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful (FTSENT const *p,
>> int dir_fd)
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* Given an FTS entry P for a directory with descriptor DIR_FD,
>> +-   return true if it is both useful and valid to apply leaf
>> optimization.
>> +-   The optimization is useful only for file systems that lack usable
>> +-   dirent.d_type info.  The optimization is valid if an st_nlink value
>> +-   of at least MIN_DIR_NLINK is an upper bound on the number of
>> +-   subdirectories of D, counting "." and ".."  as subdirectories.
>> ++   return whether it is valid to apply leaf optimization.
>> ++   The optimization is valid if a directory's st_nlink value equal
>> ++   to MIN_DIR_NLINK means the directory has no subdirectories.
>> +    DIR_FD is negative if unavailable.  */
>> + static enum leaf_optimization
>> + leaf_optimization (FTSENT const *p, int dir_fd)
>> + {
>> +   switch (filesystem_type (p, dir_fd))
>> +     {
>> +-      /* List here the file system types that may lack usable
>> dirent.d_type
>> +-         info, yet for which the optimization does apply.  */
>> +-    case S_MAGIC_REISERFS:
>> +-    case S_MAGIC_XFS: /* XFS lacked it until 2013-08-22 commit.  */
>> +-      return NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION;
>> +-
>> +     case 0:
>> +       /* Leaf optimization is unsafe if the file system type is
>> unknown.  */
>> +       FALLTHROUGH;
>> +@@ -1023,26 +1007,7 @@ check_for_dir:
>> +                 if (p->fts_info == FTS_NSOK)
>> +                   {
>> +                     if (p->fts_statp->st_size == FTS_STAT_REQUIRED)
>> +-                      {
>> +-                        FTSENT *parent = p->fts_parent;
>> +-                        if (parent->fts_n_dirs_remaining == 0
>> +-                            && ISSET(FTS_NOSTAT)
>> +-                            && ISSET(FTS_PHYSICAL)
>> +-                            && (leaf_optimization (parent,
>> sp->fts_cwd_fd)
>> +-                                == NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION))
>> +-                          {
>> +-                            /* nothing more needed */
>> +-                          }
>> +-                        else
>> +-                          {
>> +-                            p->fts_info = fts_stat(sp, p, false);
>> +-                            if (S_ISDIR(p->fts_statp->st_mode)
>> +-                                && p->fts_level != FTS_ROOTLEVEL
>> +-                                && 0 < parent->fts_n_dirs_remaining
>> +-                                && parent->fts_n_dirs_remaining !=
>> (nlink_t) -1)
>> +-                                  parent->fts_n_dirs_remaining--;
>> +-                          }
>> +-                      }
>> ++                      p->fts_info = fts_stat(sp, p, false);
>> +                     else
>> +                       fts_assert (p->fts_statp->st_size ==
>> FTS_NO_STAT_REQUIRED);
>> +                   }
>> +@@ -1826,11 +1791,6 @@ err:            memset(sbp, 0, sizeof(struct
>> stat));
>> +         }
>> +
>> +         if (S_ISDIR(sbp->st_mode)) {
>> +-                p->fts_n_dirs_remaining
>> +-                  = ((sbp->st_nlink < MIN_DIR_NLINK
>> +-                      || p->fts_level <= FTS_ROOTLEVEL)
>> +-                     ? -1
>> +-                     : sbp->st_nlink - (ISSET (FTS_SEEDOT) ? 0 :
>> MIN_DIR_NLINK));
>> +                 if (ISDOT(p->fts_name)) {
>> +                         /* Command-line "." and ".." are real
>> directories. */
>> +                         return (p->fts_level == FTS_ROOTLEVEL ? FTS_D :
>> FTS_DOT);
>> +diff --git a/lib/fts_.h b/lib/fts_.h
>> +index 6c7d0ce..15c248c 100644
>> +--- a/lib/fts_.h
>> ++++ b/lib/fts_.h
>> +@@ -219,11 +219,6 @@ typedef struct _ftsent {
>> +
>> +         size_t fts_namelen;             /* strlen(fts_name) */
>> +
>> +-        /* If not (nlink_t) -1, an upper bound on the number of
>> +-           remaining subdirectories of interest.  If this becomes
>> +-           zero, some work can be avoided.  */
>> +-        nlink_t fts_n_dirs_remaining;
>> +-
>> + # define FTS_D           1              /* preorder directory */
>> + # define FTS_DC          2              /* directory that causes cycles
>> */
>> + # define FTS_DEFAULT     3              /* none of the above */
>> +--
>> +2.29.2
>> +
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.32.bb
>> b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.32.bb
>> index f3fe31fd3b..dd271d4968 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.32.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.32.bb
>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/coreutils/${BP}.tar.xz \
>>             file://0001-local.mk-fix-cross-compiling-problem.patch \
>>             file://run-ptest \
>>
>> file://0001-ls-restore-8.31-behavior-on-removed-directories.patch \
>> +           file://0001-fts-remove-NOSTAT_LEAF_OPTIMIZATION.patch \
>>             "
>>
>>  SRC_URI[md5sum] = "022042695b7d5bcf1a93559a9735e668"
>> --
>> 2.32.0
>>
>>
> 
>
>
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