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+From: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>\r
+To: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] new: Centralize file type stat-ing logic\r
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+Quoth Jani Nikula on May 08 at 12:08 am:\r
+> On May 7, 2012 9:10 PM, "Austin Clements" <[1]amdragon@mit.edu> wrote:\r
+> >\r
+> > This moves our logic to get a file's type into one function. This has\r
+> > several benefits: we can support OSes and file systems that do not\r
+> > provide dirent.d_type or always return DT_UNKNOWN, complex\r
+> > symlink-handling logic has been replaced by a simple stat fall-through\r
+> > in one place, and the error message for un-stat-able file is more\r
+> > accurate (previously, the error always mentioned directories, even\r
+> > though a broken symlink is not a directory).\r
+> \r
+> Please find some quick drive-by-review below.\r
+\r
+Thanks for the review! New version on its way...\r
+\r
+> J.\r
+> \r
+> > ---\r
+> > notmuch-new.c | 99\r
+> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------\r
+> > test/new | 2 +-\r
+> > 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)\r
+> >\r
+> > diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c\r
+> > index cb720cc..cf2580e 100644\r
+> > --- a/notmuch-new.c\r
+> > +++ b/notmuch-new.c\r
+> > @@ -154,6 +154,44 @@ dirent_sort_strcmp_name (const struct dirent **a,\r
+> const struct dirent **b)\r
+> > return strcmp ((*a)->d_name, (*b)->d_name);\r
+> > }\r
+> >\r
+> > +/* Return the type of a directory entry relative to path as a stat(2)\r
+> > + * mode. Like stat, this follows symlinks. Returns -1 and sets errno\r
+> > + * if the file's type cannot be determined (which includes dangling\r
+> > + * symlinks).\r
+> > + */\r
+> > +static int\r
+> > +dirent_type (const char *path, const struct dirent *entry)\r
+> > +{\r
+> > + struct stat statbuf;\r
+> > + char *abspath;\r
+> > + int err;\r
+> > +\r
+> > +#ifdef _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE\r
+> > + /* Mapping from d_type to stat mode_t. We omit DT_LNK so that\r
+> > + * we'll fall through to stat and get the real file type. */\r
+> > + static const mode_t modes[] = {\r
+> > + [DT_BLK] = S_IFBLK,\r
+> > + [DT_CHR] = S_IFCHR,\r
+> > + [DT_DIR] = S_IFDIR,\r
+> > + [DT_FIFO] = S_IFIFO,\r
+> > + [DT_REG] = S_IFREG,\r
+> > + [DT_SOCK] = S_IFSOCK\r
+> > + };\r
+> > + if (entry->d_type < sizeof(modes)/sizeof(modes[0]) &&\r
+> \r
+> ARRAY_SIZE()\r
+\r
+Huh. I went looking for that. I wonder how I missed it.\r
+\r
+> > + modes[entry->d_type])\r
+> > + return modes[entry->d_type];\r
+> > +#endif\r
+> > +\r
+> > + abspath = talloc_asprintf (NULL, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);\r
+> > + if (!abspath)\r
+> > + return -1;\r
+> \r
+> Does talloc set errno in this case? I suspect not.\r
+> \r
+> > + err = stat(abspath, &statbuf);\r
+> > + talloc_free (abspath);\r
+> \r
+> This likely breaks your promise about errno. You can't trust talloc_free()\r
+> not calling some function that sets errno.\r
+\r
+Setting errno was a late and apparently not well thought-out addition.\r
+The new patch should set it on all of the error paths and save it\r
+around things that may modify it.\r
+\r
+> > + if (err < 0)\r
+> > + return -1;\r
+> > + return statbuf.st_mode & S_IFMT;\r
+> > +}\r
+> > +\r
+> > /* Test if the directory looks like a Maildir directory.\r
+> > *\r
+> > * Search through the array of directory entries to see if we can find\r
+> all\r
+> > @@ -162,12 +200,12 @@ dirent_sort_strcmp_name (const struct dirent **a,\r
+> const struct dirent **b)\r
+> > * Return 1 if the directory looks like a Maildir and 0 otherwise.\r
+> > */\r
+> > static int\r
+> > -_entries_resemble_maildir (struct dirent **entries, int count)\r
+> > +_entries_resemble_maildir (const char *path, struct dirent **entries,\r
+> int count)\r
+> > {\r
+> > int i, found = 0;\r
+> >\r
+> > for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {\r
+> > - if (entries[i]->d_type != DT_DIR && entries[i]->d_type !=\r
+> DT_UNKNOWN)\r
+> > + if (dirent_type (path, entries[i]) != S_IFDIR)\r
+> > continue;\r
+> >\r
+> > if (strcmp(entries[i]->d_name, "new") == 0 ||\r
+> > @@ -250,7 +288,7 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+> > notmuch_status_t status, ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;\r
+> > notmuch_message_t *message = NULL;\r
+> > struct dirent **fs_entries = NULL;\r
+> > - int i, num_fs_entries;\r
+> > + int i, num_fs_entries, entry_type;\r
+> > notmuch_directory_t *directory;\r
+> > notmuch_filenames_t *db_files = NULL;\r
+> > notmuch_filenames_t *db_subdirs = NULL;\r
+> > @@ -317,7 +355,7 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+> > }\r
+> >\r
+> > /* Pass 1: Recurse into all sub-directories. */\r
+> > - is_maildir = _entries_resemble_maildir (fs_entries,\r
+> num_fs_entries);\r
+> > + is_maildir = _entries_resemble_maildir (path, fs_entries,\r
+> num_fs_entries);\r
+> >\r
+> > for (i = 0; i < num_fs_entries; i++) {\r
+> > if (interrupted)\r
+> > @@ -325,17 +363,16 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+> >\r
+> > entry = fs_entries[i];\r
+> >\r
+> > - /* We only want to descend into directories.\r
+> > - * But symlinks can be to directories too, of course.\r
+> > - *\r
+> > - * And if the filesystem doesn't tell us the file type in the\r
+> > - * scandir results, then it might be a directory (and if not,\r
+> > - * then we'll stat and return immediately in the next level of\r
+> > - * recursion). */\r
+> > - if (entry->d_type != DT_DIR &&\r
+> > - entry->d_type != DT_LNK &&\r
+> > - entry->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN)\r
+> > - {\r
+> > + /* We only want to descend into directories (and symlinks to\r
+> > + * directories). */\r
+> > + entry_type = dirent_type (path, entry);\r
+> > + if (entry_type == -1) {\r
+> > + /* Be pessimistic, e.g. so we don't loose lots of mail\r
+> \r
+> s/loose/lose/ ?\r
+\r
+Oops.\r
+\r
+> > + * just because a user broke a symlink. */\r
+> > + fprintf (stderr, "Error reading file %s/%s: %s\n",\r
+> > + path, entry->d_name, strerror (errno));\r
+> \r
+> You can't trust errno here, as explained above.\r
+\r
+Fixed above.\r
+\r
+> > + return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+> > + } else if (entry_type != S_IFDIR) {\r
+> > continue;\r
+> > }\r
+> >\r
+> > @@ -425,31 +462,13 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+> > notmuch_filenames_move_to_next (db_subdirs);\r
+> > }\r
+> >\r
+> > - /* If we're looking at a symlink, we only want to add it if it\r
+> > - * links to a regular file, (and not to a directory, say).\r
+> > - *\r
+> > - * Similarly, if the file is of unknown type (due to filesystem\r
+> > - * limitations), then we also need to look closer.\r
+> > - *\r
+> > - * In either case, a stat does the trick.\r
+> > - */\r
+> > - if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK || entry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN) {\r
+> > - int err;\r
+> > -\r
+> > - next = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", path,\r
+> entry->d_name);\r
+> > - err = stat (next, &st);\r
+> > - talloc_free (next);\r
+> > - next = NULL;\r
+> > -\r
+> > - /* Don't emit an error for a link pointing nowhere, since\r
+> > - * the directory-traversal pass will have already done\r
+> > - * that. */\r
+> > - if (err)\r
+> > - continue;\r
+> > -\r
+> > - if (! S_ISREG (st.st_mode))\r
+> > - continue;\r
+> > - } else if (entry->d_type != DT_REG) {\r
+> > + /* Only add regular files (and symlinks to regular files). */\r
+> > + entry_type = dirent_type (path, entry);\r
+> > + if (entry_type == -1) {\r
+> > + fprintf (stderr, "Error reading file %s/%s: %s\n",\r
+> > + path, entry->d_name, strerror (errno));\r
+> \r
+> Ditto.\r
+> \r
+> > + return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+> > + } else if (entry_type != S_IFREG) {\r
+> > continue;\r
+> > }\r
+> >\r
+> > diff --git a/test/new b/test/new\r
+> > index 26253db..e3900f5 100755\r
+> > --- a/test/new\r
+> > +++ b/test/new\r
+> > @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test_begin_subtest "Broken symlink aborts"\r
+> > ln -s does-not-exist "${MAIL_DIR}/broken"\r
+> > output=$(NOTMUCH_NEW 2>&1)\r
+> > test_expect_equal "$output" \\r
+> > -"Error reading directory /run/shm/nm/tmp.new/mail/broken: No such file\r
+> or directory\r
+> > +"Error reading file /run/shm/nm/tmp.new/mail/broken: No such file or\r
+> directory\r
+> > Note: A fatal error was encountered: Something went wrong trying to\r
+> read or write a file\r
+> > No new mail."\r
+> > rm "${MAIL_DIR}/broken"\r
+> >\r
+> > _______________________________________________\r
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