[Bug libc/12723] New: pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[Bug libc/12723] New: pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[stewb at linuxfoundation dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

           Summary: pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than
                    fpathconf
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper.fsp@gmail.com
        ReportedBy: stewb@linuxfoundation.org


If one calls pathconf of a FIFO, you get a different value than you do from
fpathconf:


 int fd151, fd152, fd161, fd162;
  long p151, p152, p161, p162;

  const char f15[15] = "fpathconf-t.15";
  const char f16[15] = "fpathconf-t.16";
  const char dot[2] = ".";

  fd151 = open(f15, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);

  p151 = fpathconf(fd151, _PC_PIPE_BUF);
  p152 = pathconf(f15, _PC_PIPE_BUF);

  if(p151 != p152) {
    printf("test15 FAIL - fpathconf for '%s' (%ld)  does not equal pathconf for 
'%s' (%ld) \n", f15, p151, f15, p152);
  } else {
    printf("test15 PASS - fpathconf for '%s' (%ld)  equals pathconf for '%s'
(%ld) \n", f15, p151, f15, p152);
  }


test15 FAIL - fpathconf for 'fpathconf-t.15' (65536)  does not equal pathconf
for 'fpathconf-t.15' (4096) 

This would seem to have started about the time of this change:

commit 8a492a675e566dc1e666df0a86cbf541442cb179
Author: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 6 07:48:23 2010 -0700

    Implement _PC_PIPE_BUF.

    Now that the kernel has appropriate support we can implement this
    fpathconf command correctly.

Also, according to SUSv3, the result from fpathconf for a directory should be
the same as for a FIFO in that directory. This also seems to have changed:

"6. If path refers to a FIFO, or fildes refers to a pipe or FIFO, the value
returned shall apply to the referenced object. If path or fildes refers to a
directory, the value returned shall apply to any FIFO that exists or can be
created within the directory. If path or fildes refers to any other type of
file, it is unspecified whether an implementation supports an association of
the variable name with the specified file."

  fd161 = open(dot, O_RDONLY);
  fd162 = open(f16, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);

  p161 = fpathconf(fd161, _PC_PIPE_BUF);
  p162 = fpathconf(fd162, _PC_PIPE_BUF);

  if(p161 != p162) {
    printf("test16 FAIL - fpathconf for '%s' (%ld)  does not equal fpathconf
for '%s' (%ld) \n", dot, p161, f16, p162);
  } else {
    printf("test16 PASS - fpathconf for '%s' (%ld)  equals fpathconf for '%s'
(%ld) \n", dot, p161, f16, p162);
  }


test16 FAIL - fpathconf for '.' (4096)  does not equal fpathconf for
'fpathconf-t.16' (65536)

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[Bug libc/12723] pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[drepper.fsp at gmail dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-05-03 01:01:18 UTC ---
Fixed in git.

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[Bug libc/12723] pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[stewb at linuxfoundation dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

Stew Benedict <stewb at linuxfoundation dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|FIXED                       |

--- Comment #2 from Stew Benedict <stewb at linuxfoundation dot org> 2012-04-25 18:07:15 UTC ---
For some reason this fix has never manifested itself out to the distros.
glibc-2.15 still has both of these tests failing.

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[Bug libc/12723] pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[siddhesh at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |siddhesh at redhat dot com
         AssignedTo|drepper.fsp at gmail dot    |siddhesh at redhat dot com
                   |com                         |

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[Bug libc/12723] pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[siddhesh at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com> 2013-03-07 06:46:43 UTC ---
Fixed in master.  I've reverted {f}pathconf to returning PIPE_BUF since
F_GETPIPE_SZ is not the size of an atomic write; that remains at page size or
PIPE_BUF (which is currently the same at 4K).

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[Bug libc/12723] pathconf for a FIFO returns a different value than fpathconf

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12723

Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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              Flags|                            |security-

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