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[PATCH v3 05/17] safe_create_leading_directories(): split on first of multiple slashes

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Jan 18, 2014, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID
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If the input path has multiple slashes between path components (e.g., "foo//bar"), then the old code was breaking the path at the last slash, not the first one. So in the above example, the second slash was overwritten with NUL, resulting in the parent directory being sought as "foo/".

When stat() is called on "foo/", it fails with ENOTDIR if "foo" exists but is not a directory. This caused the wrong path to be taken in the subsequent logic.

So instead, split path components at the first intercomponent slash rather than the last one.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 sha1_file.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 1e1510d..9d4459f 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
 
 		if (!slash)
 			break;
-		while (*(slash + 1) == '/')
-			slash++;
+
 		next_component = slash + 1;
+		while (*next_component == '/')
+			next_component++;
 		if (!*next_component)
 			break;
 
-- 
1.8.5.2
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Message 6 of 18 in “Fix some mkdir/rmdir races”
  1. 00/17 Fix some mkdir/rmdir racesMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  2. 01/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): fix format of "if" chainingMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  3. 02/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): reduce scope of local variableMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  4. 03/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): add explicit "slash" pointerMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  5. 04/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): rename local variableMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  6. 05/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): split on first of multiple slashesMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  7. 06/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): always restore slash at end of loopMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  8. 07/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): introduce enum for return valuesMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  9. 08/17 cmd_init_db(): when creating directories, handle errors conservativelyMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  10. 09/17 safe_create_leading_directories(): add new error value SCLD_VANISHEDMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  11. 10/17 lock_ref_sha1_basic(): on SCLD_VANISHED, retryMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  12. 11/17 lock_ref_sha1_basic(): if locking fails with ENOENT, retryMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  13. 12/17 remove_dir_recurse(): tighten condition for removing unreadable dirMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  14. 13/17 remove_dir_recurse(): handle disappearing files and directoriesMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  15. 14/17 rename_ref(): extract function rename_tmp_log()Michael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  16. 15/17 rename_tmp_log(): handle a possible mkdir/rmdir raceMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  17. 16/17 rename_tmp_log(): limit the number of remote_empty_directories() attemptsMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014
  18. 17/17 rename_tmp_log(): on SCLD_VANISHED, retryMichael Haggerty, Jan 18, 2014

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