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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-11-09 17:51:13 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-11-09 21:38:33 +0000
commit659060233ff2cff324be5cf4cc40b782068d45fd (patch)
treee3769014e9f5723a91836eaca3835ca80cc89f07
parent7fc7206b03a7f54b23904373ad397f693a5fae2a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-659060233ff2cff324be5cf4cc40b782068d45fd.tar.xz
tail: ensure -f --retry 'missing' handles truncation
* src/tail.c (tail_forever): The BLOCKING optimization is only enabled for non regular files (which can't be truncated), so ensure we don't enable that unless we've a valid file descriptor. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
-rw-r--r--NEWS4
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/retry.sh13
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c223b562d..d88fbd9d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
file systems that misreport file sizes through stale metadata.
[This bug was present in "the beginning" but exacerbated in coreutils-8.24]
+ tail -f --retry 'missing file' will now process truncations of that file.
+ Previously truncation was ignored thus not outputting new data in the file.
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0]
+
yes now handles short writes, rather than assuming all writes complete.
[bug introduced in coreutils-8.24]
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index b3018d526..66aad5b78 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ tail_forever (struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, double sleep_interval)
{
/* Use blocking I/O as an optimization, when it's easy. */
bool blocking = (pid == 0 && follow_mode == Follow_descriptor
- && n_files == 1 && ! S_ISREG (f[0].mode));
+ && n_files == 1 && f[0].fd != -1 && ! S_ISREG (f[0].mode));
size_t last;
bool writer_is_dead = false;
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
index b764aa7f1..858909f65 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
+++ b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
@@ -83,17 +83,22 @@ timeout 10 \
tail $mode $fastpoll --follow=descriptor --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$!
# Wait for "cannot open" error.
retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; }
-echo "X" > missing || framework_failure_
+echo "X1" > missing || framework_failure_
# Wait for the expected output.
retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || { cat out; fail=1; }
+# Ensure truncation is detected
+# tail-8.25 failed at this (as assumed non file and went into blocking mode)
+echo "X" > missing || framework_failure_
+retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 6 || { cat out; fail=1; }
cleanup_
-# Expect 4 lines in the output file.
-[ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+[ "$(countlines_)" = 6 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
grep -F 'retry only effective for the initial open' out \
|| { fail=1; cat out; }
grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
-grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep '^X1$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'file truncated' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
rm -f missing out || framework_failure_
# === Test: