2 # Check for several getcwd bugs with long file names.
3 # If so, arrange to compile the wrapper function.
5 # This is necessary for at least GNU libc on linux-2.4.19 and 2.4.20.
6 # I've heard that this is due to a Linux kernel bug, and that it has
7 # been fixed between 2.4.21-pre3 and 2.4.21-pre4.
9 # Copyright (C) 2003-2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
10 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
11 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
12 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
16 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_PATH_MAX],
18 AC_CHECK_DECLS_ONCE([getcwd])
19 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
20 AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
21 AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([unistd.h])
22 AC_REQUIRE([gl_PATHMAX_SNIPPET_PREREQ])
23 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether getcwd handles long file names properly],
24 [gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max],
25 [# Arrange for deletion of the temporary directory this test creates.
26 ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files confdir3"
27 dnl Please keep this in sync with tests/test-getcwd.c.
41 #include <sys/types.h>
50 # define is_ENAMETOOLONG(x) ((x) == ENAMETOOLONG)
52 # define is_ENAMETOOLONG(x) 0
55 /* Use the getcwd function, not any macro. */
64 /* The length of this name must be 8. */
65 #define DIR_NAME "confdir3"
66 #define DIR_NAME_LEN 8
67 #define DIR_NAME_SIZE (DIR_NAME_LEN + 1)
69 /* The length of "../". */
70 #define DOTDOTSLASH_LEN 3
72 /* Leftover bytes in the buffer, to work around library or OS bugs. */
79 /* The Hurd doesn't define this, so getcwd can't exhibit the bug --
80 at least not on a local file system. And if we were to start worrying
81 about remote file systems, we'd have to enable the wrapper function
82 all of the time, just to be safe. That's not worth the cost. */
84 #elif ((INT_MAX / (DIR_NAME_SIZE / DOTDOTSLASH_LEN + 1) \
85 - DIR_NAME_SIZE - BUF_SLOP) \
87 /* FIXME: Assuming there's a system for which this is true,
88 this should be done in a compile test. */
91 char buf[PATH_MAX * (DIR_NAME_SIZE / DOTDOTSLASH_LEN + 1)
92 + DIR_NAME_SIZE + BUF_SLOP];
93 char *cwd = getcwd (buf, PATH_MAX);
94 size_t initial_cwd_len;
102 cwd_len = initial_cwd_len = strlen (cwd);
106 size_t dotdot_max = PATH_MAX * (DIR_NAME_SIZE / DOTDOTSLASH_LEN);
109 cwd_len += DIR_NAME_SIZE;
110 /* If mkdir or chdir fails, it could be that this system cannot create
111 any file with an absolute name longer than PATH_MAX, such as cygwin.
112 If so, leave fail as 0, because the current working directory can't
113 be too long for getcwd if it can't even be created. On Linux with
114 the 9p file system, mkdir fails with error EINVAL when cwd_len gets
115 too long; ignore this failure because the getcwd() system call
116 produces good results whereas the gnulib substitute calls getdents64
117 which fails with error EPROTO.
118 For other errors, be pessimistic and consider that as a failure,
120 if (mkdir (DIR_NAME, S_IRWXU) < 0 || chdir (DIR_NAME) < 0)
122 if (! (errno == ERANGE || is_ENAMETOOLONG (errno)))
124 if (! (errno == EINVAL))
130 if (PATH_MAX <= cwd_len && cwd_len < PATH_MAX + DIR_NAME_SIZE)
134 c = getcwd (buf, PATH_MAX);
135 if (!c && errno == ENOENT)
145 if (! (errno == ERANGE || is_ENAMETOOLONG (errno)))
151 /* Our replacement needs to be able to stat() long ../../paths,
152 so generate a path larger than PATH_MAX to check,
153 avoiding the replacement if we can't stat(). */
154 c = getcwd (buf, cwd_len + 1);
155 if (c && !AT_FDCWD && stat (c, &sb) != 0 && is_ENAMETOOLONG (errno))
162 if (dotdot_max <= cwd_len - initial_cwd_len)
164 if (dotdot_max + DIR_NAME_SIZE < cwd_len - initial_cwd_len)
166 c = getcwd (buf, cwd_len + 1);
169 if (! (errno == ERANGE || errno == ENOENT
170 || is_ENAMETOOLONG (errno)))
175 if (AT_FDCWD || errno == ERANGE || errno == ENOENT)
183 if (c && strlen (c) != cwd_len)
191 /* Leaving behind such a deep directory is not polite.
192 So clean up here, right away, even though the driving
193 shell script would also clean up. */
197 /* Try rmdir first, in case the chdir failed. */
199 for (i = 0; i <= n_chdirs; i++)
201 if (chdir ("..") < 0)
203 if (rmdir (DIR_NAME) != 0)
212 [gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max=yes],
214 10|11|12) gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='no, but it is partly working';;
215 31) gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='no, it has the AIX bug';;
216 32) gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='yes, but with shorter paths';;
217 *) gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max=no;;
219 [# Cross-compilation guesses:
221 aix*) # On AIX, it has the AIX bug.
222 gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='guessing no, it has the AIX bug' ;;
223 gnu*) # On Hurd, it is 'yes'.
224 gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='guessing yes' ;;
226 # On older Linux+glibc it's 'no, but it is partly working',
227 # on newer Linux+glibc it's 'yes'.
228 # On Linux+musl libc, it's 'no, but it is partly working'.
229 # On kFreeBSD+glibc, it's 'no, but it is partly working'.
230 gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max='guessing no, but it is partly working' ;;
231 *) # If we don't know, obey --enable-cross-guesses.
232 gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max="$gl_cross_guess_normal" ;;