[committed] libstdc++: Avoid symlink race in filesystem::remove_all [PR104161]

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 22:08, Dimitar Dimitrov <dimitar@dinux.eu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 09:09:51PM +0000, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc-patches wrote:
> > Tested x86_64-linux, pushed to trunk. Backports to follow.
> >
> >
> > This adds a new internal flag to the filesystem::directory_iterator
> > constructor that makes it fail if the path is a symlink that resolves to
> > a directory. This prevents filesystem::remove_all from following a
> > symlink to a directory, rather than deleting the symlink itself.
> >
> > We can also use that new flag in recursive_directory_iterator to ensure
> > that we don't follow symlinks if the follow_directory_symlink option is
> > not set.
> >
> > This also moves an error check in filesystem::remove_all after the while
> > loop, so that errors from the directory_iterator constructor are
> > reproted, instead of continuing to the filesystem::remove call below.
> >
> > libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
> >
> >       PR libstdc++/104161
> >       * acinclude.m4 (GLIBCXX_CHECK_FILESYSTEM_DEPS): Check for
> >       fdopendir.
> >       * config.h.in: Regenerate.
> >       * configure: Regenerate.
> >       * src/c++17/fs_dir.cc (_Dir): Add nofollow flag to constructor
> >       and pass it to base class constructor.
> >       (directory_iterator): Pass nofollow flag to _Dir constructor.
> >       (fs::recursive_directory_iterator::increment): Likewise.
> >       * src/c++17/fs_ops.cc (do_remove_all): Use nofollow option for
> >       directory_iterator constructor. Move error check outside loop.
> >       * src/filesystem/dir-common.h (_Dir_base): Add nofollow flag to
> >       constructor and when it's set use ::open with O_NOFOLLOW and
> >       O_DIRECTORY.
> >       * src/filesystem/dir.cc (_Dir): Add nofollow flag to constructor
> >       and pass it to base class constructor.
> >       (directory_iterator): Pass nofollow flag to _Dir constructor.
> >       (fs::recursive_directory_iterator::increment): Likewise.
> >       * src/filesystem/ops.cc (remove_all): Use nofollow option for
> >       directory_iterator constructor. Move error check outside loop.
> > ---
> >  libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4                | 12 ++++++
> >  libstdc++-v3/config.h.in                 |  3 ++
> >  libstdc++-v3/configure                   | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_dir.cc         | 13 ++++--
> >  libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_ops.cc         | 12 +++---
> >  libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir-common.h | 48 ++++++++++++++++-----
> >  libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir.cc       | 13 ++++--
> >  libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/ops.cc       |  6 +--
> >  8 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4 b/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
> > index d996477254c..7b6b807114a 100644
> > --- a/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
> > +++ b/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
> > @@ -4735,6 +4735,18 @@ dnl
> >    if test $glibcxx_cv_truncate = yes; then
> >      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TRUNCATE, 1, [Define if truncate is available in <unistd.h>.])
> >    fi
> > +dnl
> > +  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for fdopendir],
> > +    glibcxx_cv_fdopendir, [dnl
> > +    GCC_TRY_COMPILE_OR_LINK(
> > +      [#include <dirent.h>],
> > +      [::fdopendir(1);],
> > +      [glibcxx_cv_fdopendir=yes],
> > +      [glibcxx_cv_fdopendir=no])
> > +  ])
> > +  if test $glibcxx_cv_truncate = yes; then
>
> This is a typo. Should check glibcxx_cv_fdopendir.

Oops, thanks! Copy&pasto.