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[PATCH 7/6] Win32: reliably detect console pipe handles

From
Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 13, 2014, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID
<539B7682.7070308@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<539A95F1.9030900@kdbg.org>

As of "Win32: Thread-safe windows console output", child processes may print to the console even if stdout has been redirected to a file. E.g.:

 git config tar.cat.command "cat"
 git archive -o test.cat HEAD

Detecting whether stdout / stderr point to our console pipe is currently based on the assumption that OS HANDLE values are never reused. This is apparently not true if stdout / stderr is replaced via dup2() (as in builtin/archive.c:17).

Instead of comparing handle values, check if the file descriptor isatty() backed by a pipe OS handle. This is only possible by swapping the handles in MSVCRT's internal data structures, as we do in winansi_init().

Reported-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
Thanks for reporting this.

The fix applies on top of [6/6] Win32: fix broken pipe detection (should probably not be squashed, as its obviously not as well tested as the rest of the series).

Cheers, Karsten

 compat/winansi.c | 25 +++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index f96d5c2..efc5bb3 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ static WORD attr;
 static int negative;
 static int non_ascii_used = 0;
 static HANDLE hthread, hread, hwrite;
-static HANDLE hwrite1 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, hwrite2 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 static HANDLE hconsole1, hconsole2;
 
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
@@ -435,10 +434,6 @@ static void winansi_exit(void)
 	WaitForSingleObject(hthread, INFINITE);
 
 	/* cleanup handles... */
-	if (hwrite1 != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-		CloseHandle(hwrite1);
-	if (hwrite2 != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-		CloseHandle(hwrite2);
 	CloseHandle(hwrite);
 	CloseHandle(hthread);
 }
@@ -565,14 +560,9 @@ void winansi_init(void)
 
 	/* redirect stdout / stderr to the pipe */
 	if (con1)
-		hconsole1 = swap_osfhnd(1, hwrite1 = duplicate_handle(hwrite));
+		hconsole1 = swap_osfhnd(1, duplicate_handle(hwrite));
 	if (con2)
-		hconsole2 = swap_osfhnd(2, hwrite2 = duplicate_handle(hwrite));
-}
-
-static int is_same_handle(HANDLE hnd, int fd)
-{
-	return hnd != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && hnd == (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fd);
+		hconsole2 = swap_osfhnd(2, duplicate_handle(hwrite));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -581,10 +571,9 @@ static int is_same_handle(HANDLE hnd, int fd)
  */
 HANDLE winansi_get_osfhandle(int fd)
 {
-	if (fd == 1 && is_same_handle(hwrite1, 1))
-		return hconsole1;
-	else if (fd == 2 && is_same_handle(hwrite2, 2))
-		return hconsole2;
-	else
-		return (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fd);
+	HANDLE hnd = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fd);
+	if ((fd == 1 || fd == 2) && isatty(fd)
+	    && GetFileType(hnd) == FILE_TYPE_PIPE)
+		return (fd == 1) ? hconsole1 : hconsole2;
+	return hnd;
 }
-- 
1.9.3.10.ge3256ea
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  4. 3/5 Warn if the Windows console font doesn't support UnicodeStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  5. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2014
  6. Stepan KasalJun 7, 2014
  7. 4/5 Win32: move main macro to a functionStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  8. 5/5 Win32: Thread-safe windows console outputStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  9. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2014
  10. Karsten BleesJun 6, 2014
  11. Karsten BleesJun 6, 2014
  12. Stepan KasalJun 6, 2014
  13. 0/6 First part of Unicode console support for msysgitStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  14. 1/6 Support Unicode console output on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  15. 2/6 Detect console streams more reliably on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  16. 3/6 Warn if the Windows console font doesn't support UnicodeStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  17. 4/6 Win32: add Unicode conversion functionsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  18. 5/6 Win32: Thread-safe windows console outputStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  19. Johannes SixtJun 13, 2014
  20. 7/6 Win32: reliably detect console pipe handlesKarsten Blees, Jun 13, 2014
  21. 6/6 Win32: fix broken pipe detectionStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  22. Stepan KasalJun 6, 2014

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