Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: pipe: Avoid false EOF while reading output of C# programs.

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>]

On Nov  7 12:47, Takashi Yano wrote:
> - If output of C# program is redirected to pipe, pipe reader falsely
>   detects EOF. This happens after overhaul of pipe implementation.
>   This patch fixes the issue.
> 
> Addresses:
>   https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-November/249777.html
> ---
>  winsup/cygwin/fhandler_pipe.cc | 3 ++-
>  winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.2    | 4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_pipe.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_pipe.cc
> index 43771e8f7..bc06d157c 100644
> --- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_pipe.cc
> +++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_pipe.cc
> @@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ fhandler_pipe::raw_read (void *ptr, size_t& len)
>  	    }
>  	}
>  
> -      if (nbytes_now == 0 || status == STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW)
> +      if ((nbytes_now == 0 && !NT_SUCCESS (status))
> +	  || status == STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW)
>  	break;
>      }
>    ReleaseMutex (read_mtx);
> diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.2 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.2
> index 263c3efe6..2e48e39be 100644
> --- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.2
> +++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.2
> @@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ Bug Fixes
>    Addresses: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/newlib/2021/018626.html
>  
>  - Fix a permission problem when writing ACLs on Samba.
> +
> +- Fix the issue that pipe reader falsely detects EOF if the output of
> +  the C# program is redirected to the pipe.
> +  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-November/249777.html
> -- 
> 2.33.0

Pushed.


Thanks,
Corinna