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[PATCH] wrapper: Fix a errno discrepancy on NetBSD.

From
Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date
May 2, 2025, 23:33 UTC
Message-ID
<20250502233403.289761-1-collin.funk1@gmail.com>

As documented on NetBSD's man page, open with the O_NOFOLLOW flag and a symlink returns -1 and sets errno to EFTYPE which differs from POSIX. This patch fixes the following test failure:

$ sh t0602-reffiles-fsck.sh --verbose --- expect 2025-05-02 23:05:23.920890147 +0000 +++ err 2025-05-02 23:05:23.916794959 +0000

@@ -1 +1 @@
-error: packed-refs: badRefFiletype: not a regular file but a symlink
+error: unable to open '.git/packed-refs': Inappropriate file type or format
not ok 12 - the filetype of packed-refs should be checked

This portability issue was introduced in Commit
cfea2f2da8 (packed-backend: check whether the "packed-refs" is regular file, 2025-02-28)

Signed-off-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
---
 wrapper.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 3c79778055..4d448d7c57 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -737,7 +737,19 @@ int is_empty_or_missing_file(const char *filename)
 int open_nofollow(const char *path, int flags)
 {
 #ifdef O_NOFOLLOW
-	return open(path, flags | O_NOFOLLOW);
+	int ret = open(path, flags | O_NOFOLLOW);
+#ifdef __NetBSD__
+	/*
+	 * NetBSD sets errno to EFTYPE when path is a symlink. The only other
+	 * time this errno occurs when O_REGULAR is used. Since we don't use
+	 * it anywhere we can avoid an lstat here.
+	 */
+	if (ret < 0 && errno == EFTYPE) {
+		errno = ELOOP;
+		return -1;
+	}
+#endif
+	return ret;
 #else
 	struct stat st;
 	if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
-- 
2.49.0
Next: brian m. carlson
Message 1 of 25 in “wrapper: Fix a errno discrepancy on NetBSD.”
  1. wrapper: Fix a errno discrepancy on NetBSD.Collin Funk, May 2, 2025
  2. brian m. carlsonMay 3, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2025
  4. Collin FunkMay 3, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2025
  6. Collin FunkMay 3, 2025
  7. Jeff KingMay 3, 2025
  8. shejialuoMay 3, 2025
  9. Jeff KingMay 3, 2025
  10. Patrick SteinhardtMay 5, 2025
  11. shejialuoMay 5, 2025
  12. Collin FunkMay 3, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2025
  14. Jeff KingMay 5, 2025
  15. shejialuoMay 6, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2025
  17. wrapper: NetBSD gives EFTYPE and FreeBSD gives EMFILE where POSIX uses ELOOPCollin Funk, May 3, 2025
  18. brian m. carlsonMay 3, 2025
  19. Collin FunkMay 3, 2025
  20. Patrick SteinhardtMay 5, 2025
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2025
  22. Collin FunkMay 6, 2025
  23. Patrick SteinhardtMay 6, 2025
  24. wrapper: NetBSD gives EFTYPE and FreeBSD gives EMFILE where POSIX uses ELOOPCollin Funk, May 6, 2025
  25. Patrick SteinhardtMay 6, 2025

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