[PATCH 2/2] new: Centralize file type stat-ing logic

Jani Nikula jani at nikula.org
Mon May 7 14:14:16 PDT 2012


On May 8, 2012 12:08 AM, "Jani Nikula" <jani at nikula.org> wrote:
>
>
> On May 7, 2012 9:10 PM, "Austin Clements" <amdragon at mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > This moves our logic to get a file's type into one function.  This has
> > several benefits: we can support OSes and file systems that do not
> > provide dirent.d_type or always return DT_UNKNOWN, complex
> > symlink-handling logic has been replaced by a simple stat fall-through
> > in one place, and the error message for un-stat-able file is more
> > accurate (previously, the error always mentioned directories, even
> > though a broken symlink is not a directory).
>
> Please find some quick drive-by-review below.

Forgot to add that the general approach seems sensible to me.

>
> J.
>
> > ---
> >  notmuch-new.c |   99
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> >  test/new      |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
> > index cb720cc..cf2580e 100644
> > --- a/notmuch-new.c
> > +++ b/notmuch-new.c
> > @@ -154,6 +154,44 @@ dirent_sort_strcmp_name (const struct dirent **a,
const struct dirent **b)
> >     return strcmp ((*a)->d_name, (*b)->d_name);
> >  }
> >
> > +/* Return the type of a directory entry relative to path as a stat(2)
> > + * mode.  Like stat, this follows symlinks.  Returns -1 and sets errno
> > + * if the file's type cannot be determined (which includes dangling
> > + * symlinks).
> > + */
> > +static int
> > +dirent_type (const char *path, const struct dirent *entry)
> > +{
> > +    struct stat statbuf;
> > +    char *abspath;
> > +    int err;
> > +
> > +#ifdef _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE
> > +    /* Mapping from d_type to stat mode_t.  We omit DT_LNK so that
> > +     * we'll fall through to stat and get the real file type. */
> > +    static const mode_t modes[] = {
> > +       [DT_BLK]  = S_IFBLK,
> > +       [DT_CHR]  = S_IFCHR,
> > +       [DT_DIR]  = S_IFDIR,
> > +       [DT_FIFO] = S_IFIFO,
> > +       [DT_REG]  = S_IFREG,
> > +       [DT_SOCK] = S_IFSOCK
> > +    };
> > +    if (entry->d_type < sizeof(modes)/sizeof(modes[0]) &&
>
> ARRAY_SIZE()
>
> > +       modes[entry->d_type])
> > +       return modes[entry->d_type];
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +    abspath = talloc_asprintf (NULL, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
> > +    if (!abspath)
> > +       return -1;
>
> Does talloc set errno in this case? I suspect not.
>
> > +    err = stat(abspath, &statbuf);
> > +    talloc_free (abspath);
>
> This likely breaks your promise about errno. You can't trust
talloc_free() not calling some function that sets errno.
>
> > +    if (err < 0)
> > +       return -1;
> > +    return statbuf.st_mode & S_IFMT;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Test if the directory looks like a Maildir directory.
> >  *
> >  * Search through the array of directory entries to see if we can find
all
> > @@ -162,12 +200,12 @@ dirent_sort_strcmp_name (const struct dirent **a,
const struct dirent **b)
> >  * Return 1 if the directory looks like a Maildir and 0 otherwise.
> >  */
> >  static int
> > -_entries_resemble_maildir (struct dirent **entries, int count)
> > +_entries_resemble_maildir (const char *path, struct dirent **entries,
int count)
> >  {
> >     int i, found = 0;
> >
> >     for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> > -       if (entries[i]->d_type != DT_DIR && entries[i]->d_type !=
DT_UNKNOWN)
> > +       if (dirent_type (path, entries[i]) != S_IFDIR)
> >            continue;
> >
> >        if (strcmp(entries[i]->d_name, "new") == 0 ||
> > @@ -250,7 +288,7 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >     notmuch_status_t status, ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
> >     notmuch_message_t *message = NULL;
> >     struct dirent **fs_entries = NULL;
> > -    int i, num_fs_entries;
> > +    int i, num_fs_entries, entry_type;
> >     notmuch_directory_t *directory;
> >     notmuch_filenames_t *db_files = NULL;
> >     notmuch_filenames_t *db_subdirs = NULL;
> > @@ -317,7 +355,7 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >     }
> >
> >     /* Pass 1: Recurse into all sub-directories. */
> > -    is_maildir = _entries_resemble_maildir (fs_entries,
num_fs_entries);
> > +    is_maildir = _entries_resemble_maildir (path, fs_entries,
num_fs_entries);
> >
> >     for (i = 0; i < num_fs_entries; i++) {
> >        if (interrupted)
> > @@ -325,17 +363,16 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >
> >        entry = fs_entries[i];
> >
> > -       /* We only want to descend into directories.
> > -        * But symlinks can be to directories too, of course.
> > -        *
> > -        * And if the filesystem doesn't tell us the file type in the
> > -        * scandir results, then it might be a directory (and if not,
> > -        * then we'll stat and return immediately in the next level of
> > -        * recursion). */
> > -       if (entry->d_type != DT_DIR &&
> > -           entry->d_type != DT_LNK &&
> > -           entry->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN)
> > -       {
> > +       /* We only want to descend into directories (and symlinks to
> > +        * directories). */
> > +       entry_type = dirent_type (path, entry);
> > +       if (entry_type == -1) {
> > +           /* Be pessimistic, e.g. so we don't loose lots of mail
>
> s/loose/lose/ ?
>
> > +            * just because a user broke a symlink. */
> > +           fprintf (stderr, "Error reading file %s/%s: %s\n",
> > +                    path, entry->d_name, strerror (errno));
>
> You can't trust errno here, as explained above.
>
> > +           return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
> > +       } else if (entry_type != S_IFDIR) {
> >            continue;
> >        }
> >
> > @@ -425,31 +462,13 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >            notmuch_filenames_move_to_next (db_subdirs);
> >        }
> >
> > -       /* If we're looking at a symlink, we only want to add it if it
> > -        * links to a regular file, (and not to a directory, say).
> > -        *
> > -        * Similarly, if the file is of unknown type (due to filesystem
> > -        * limitations), then we also need to look closer.
> > -        *
> > -        * In either case, a stat does the trick.
> > -        */
> > -       if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK || entry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN) {
> > -           int err;
> > -
> > -           next = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", path,
entry->d_name);
> > -           err = stat (next, &st);
> > -           talloc_free (next);
> > -           next = NULL;
> > -
> > -           /* Don't emit an error for a link pointing nowhere, since
> > -            * the directory-traversal pass will have already done
> > -            * that. */
> > -           if (err)
> > -               continue;
> > -
> > -           if (! S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
> > -               continue;
> > -       } else if (entry->d_type != DT_REG) {
> > +       /* Only add regular files (and symlinks to regular files). */
> > +       entry_type = dirent_type (path, entry);
> > +       if (entry_type == -1) {
> > +           fprintf (stderr, "Error reading file %s/%s: %s\n",
> > +                    path, entry->d_name, strerror (errno));
>
> Ditto.
>
> > +           return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
> > +       } else if (entry_type != S_IFREG) {
> >            continue;
> >        }
> >
> > diff --git a/test/new b/test/new
> > index 26253db..e3900f5 100755
> > --- a/test/new
> > +++ b/test/new
> > @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test_begin_subtest "Broken symlink aborts"
> >  ln -s does-not-exist "${MAIL_DIR}/broken"
> >  output=$(NOTMUCH_NEW 2>&1)
> >  test_expect_equal "$output" \
> > -"Error reading directory /run/shm/nm/tmp.new/mail/broken: No such file
or directory
> > +"Error reading file /run/shm/nm/tmp.new/mail/broken: No such file or
directory
> >  Note: A fatal error was encountered: Something went wrong trying to
read or write a file
> >  No new mail."
> >  rm "${MAIL_DIR}/broken"
> > --
> > 1.7.10
> >
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