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-rw-r--r--src/tail.c50
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 02f2ce075..1b56973de 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
if it uses helper processes for compression and its parent
ignores CHLD signals. [bug introduced in coreutils-6.9]
+ tail without -f no longer access uninitialized memory
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-7.6]
+
timeout is now immune to the signal handling of its parent.
Specifically timeout now doesn't exit with an error message
if its parent ignores CHLD signals. [bug introduced in coreutils-7.6]
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 2bd9e3d65..71f8a32d1 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1889,6 +1889,35 @@ parse_options (int argc, char **argv,
}
}
+/* Mark as '.ignore'd each member of F that corresponds to a
+ pipe or fifo, and return the number of non-ignored members. */
+static size_t
+ignore_fifo_and_pipe (struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files)
+{
+ /* When there is no FILE operand and stdin is a pipe or FIFO
+ POSIX requires that tail ignore the -f option.
+ Since we allow multiple FILE operands, we extend that to say: with -f,
+ ignore any "-" operand that corresponds to a pipe or FIFO. */
+ size_t n_viable = 0;
+
+ size_t i;
+ for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
+ {
+ bool is_a_fifo_or_pipe =
+ (STREQ (f[i].name, "-")
+ && !f[i].ignore
+ && 0 <= f[i].fd
+ && (S_ISFIFO (f[i].mode)
+ || (HAVE_FIFO_PIPES != 1 && isapipe (f[i].fd))));
+ if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe)
+ f[i].ignore = true;
+ else
+ ++n_viable;
+ }
+
+ return n_viable;
+}
+
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
@@ -1980,26 +2009,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
ok &= tail_file (&F[i], n_units);
- /* When there is no FILE operand and stdin is a pipe or FIFO
- POSIX requires that tail ignore the -f option.
- Since we allow multiple FILE operands, we extend that to say:
- ignore any "-" operand that corresponds to a pipe or FIFO. */
- size_t n_viable = 0;
- for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
- {
- bool is_a_fifo_or_pipe =
- (STREQ (F[i].name, "-")
- && !F[i].ignore
- && 0 <= F[i].fd
- && (S_ISFIFO (F[i].mode)
- || (HAVE_FIFO_PIPES != 1 && isapipe (F[i].fd))));
- if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe)
- F[i].ignore = true;
- else
- ++n_viable;
- }
-
- if (forever && n_viable)
+ if (forever && ignore_fifo_and_pipe (F, n_files))
{
#if HAVE_INOTIFY
/* If the user specifies stdin via a command line argument of "-",