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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
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Expand Up @@ -2333,6 +2333,21 @@ impl IntParser {
mod subprocess_raw_fd_tests {
use super::*;

fn pipe_above_stdio() -> (OwnedFd, OwnedFd) {
let duplicate = |fd: OwnedFd, minimum| {
let raw =
nix::fcntl::fcntl(&fd, nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC(minimum)).unwrap();
// SAFETY: F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC returned a fresh descriptor owned by this test.
unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(raw) }
};
let (reader, writer) = nix::unistd::pipe().unwrap();
// pipe() orders endpoints by direction, not descriptor number. Allocate
// the fixture above stderr and in the order required by the keep list.
let reader = duplicate(reader, 3);
let writer = duplicate(writer, reader.as_raw_fd() + 1);
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Minor · Stability & Availability · Low value

Supported by static analysis

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rg -n 'pipe_above_stdio|raw_and_borrowed_keep_lists|RLIMIT_NOFILE|setrlimit' crates/host_env .github 2>/dev/null | head -100

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

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git diff f1f38c1594af492dac1cc934aa9431a51a0f9a83 a1aae8f26ea20dea56f9cdcd62aa0c97e2b92316 -- crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
nl -ba crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | sed -n '2260,2445p'
rg -n -F -e 'nix =' -e 'name = "nix"' -e 'rustpython-host_env' -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock crates/host_env/Cargo.toml

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

Length of output: 8826

Web query:

POSIX fcntl F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC lowest available descriptor greater than or equal argument EMFILE open file descriptor limit official specification

Result:

Sources consulted:
- fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html
- fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html
- GNU/Linux Programmer's Manual — https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/man-pages-6.17.pdf
- F_DUPFD(2const) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/F_DUPFD.2const.html
- …and 21 more

Script executed:

rg -n -F -e 'fn should_keep' -e 'subprocess_raw_fd_tests' -- crates/host_env/src/posix.rs
nl -ba crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | sed -n '2180,2255p'
git show f1f38c1594af492dac1cc934aa9431a51a0f9a83:crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | nl -ba | sed -n '2330,2390p'
sed -n '2527,2540p' Cargo.lock

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

Length of output: 6218

Web query:

site:pubs.opengroup.org fcntl F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC lowest available descriptor EMFILE no file descriptors greater than or equal to arg

Result:

Sources consulted:
- fcntl(3p) — Arch manual pages — https://man.archlinux.org/man/fcntl.3p.en
- GNU/Linux Programmer's Manual — https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/man-pages-6.17.pdf
- F_DUPFD(2const) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/F_DUPFD.2const.html
- F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC(2const) — Arch manual pages — https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/man-pages/F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC.2const.en
- fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html
- …and 21 more

Web query:

docs.rs nix 0.31 fcntl fn fcntl returns Result errno F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC

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Sources consulted:
- nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/fcntl.rs
- nix/CHANGELOG.md at master · nix-rust/nix · GitHub — https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- FdFlag in nix::fcntl - Rust — https://docs.rs/nix/latest/x86_64-unknown-redox/nix/fcntl/struct.FdFlag.html
- dup in nix::unistd - Rust — https://docs.rs/nix/latest/nix/unistd/fn.dup.html
- …and 19 more

Web query:

site:docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/fcntl.rs "pub fn fcntl" "Errno::result(res)" F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC

Result:

Sources consulted:
- nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/fcntl.rs
- nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/fcntl.rs
- nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/unistd.rs
- nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/sys/stat.rs
- …and 9 more

Reuse pipe descriptors that already meet the ordering requirement.

If only descriptors 3, 4, and 5 are free, the reader becomes 5 and writer duplication fails. The keep-list test then panics even though the original descriptors 3 and 4 were suitable. Reuse the original endpoints when they are already above stderr and ordered.

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Review comment at @crates/host_env/src/posix.rs around lines 2346 - 2347:
Update the reader and writer descriptor setup around the duplicate calls to
reuse the original endpoints when both are above stderr and the reader is
ordered before the writer. Duplicate only when needed, preserving the required
ordering and avoiding failures when descriptors 3 and 4 are already suitable.

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(reader, writer)
}

#[test]
fn invalid_raw_descriptors_return_ebadf() {
for err in [
Expand All @@ -2353,7 +2368,7 @@ mod subprocess_raw_fd_tests {

#[test]
fn raw_and_borrowed_keep_lists_select_the_same_descriptors() {
let (reader, writer) = nix::unistd::pipe().unwrap();
let (reader, writer) = pipe_above_stdio();
let raw = [reader.as_raw_fd(), writer.as_raw_fd()];
assert!(raw[0] > 2 && raw[1] > raw[0]);
let borrowed = [reader.as_fd(), writer.as_fd()];
Expand All @@ -2369,7 +2384,7 @@ mod subprocess_raw_fd_tests {

#[test]
fn raw_helpers_preserve_pipe_ownership_and_flags() {
let (reader, writer) = nix::unistd::pipe().unwrap();
let (reader, writer) = pipe_above_stdio();
assert!(reader.as_raw_fd() > 2 && writer.as_raw_fd() > 2);
let high = nix::fcntl::fcntl(&writer, nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC(64)).unwrap();
// SAFETY: F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC returned a fresh descriptor owned by this test.
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