fstat: add test and documentation for an edge case.

The fstatat behaviour when the target is a dangling symlink is different
if flags contains AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW or not.
Add a test for this and document it.

diff --git a/io/tst-stat.c b/io/tst-stat.c
index 61bdbfb6380a5051431ee34c102661161d935a50..aeea435ca106df054de8d6f312ac8f085020bbcb 100644 (file)
--- a/io/tst-stat.c
+++ b/io/tst-stat.c
@@ -62,12 +62,23 @@ fstatat_check (int fd, const char *path, struct stat *st)
   TEST_COMPARE (fstatat (fd, path, st, 0), 0);
 }
 
+static void
+fstatat_link (const char *path, struct stat *st)
+{
+  TEST_COMPARE (fstatat (AT_FDCWD, path, st, 0), -1);
+  TEST_COMPARE (errno, ENOENT);
+
+  TEST_COMPARE (fstatat (AT_FDCWD, path, st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW), 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE (!S_ISLNK(st->st_mode), 0);
+}
+
 typedef void (*test_t)(int, const char *path, struct stat *);
 
 static int
 do_test (void)
 {
   char *path;
+  const char *linkame = "tst-fstat.linkname";
   int fd = create_temp_file ("tst-fstat.", &path);
   TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fd >= 0);
   support_write_file_string (path, "abc");
@@ -81,13 +92,13 @@ do_test (void)
     printf ("warning: timestamp with nanoseconds not supported\n");
 
   struct statx stx;
+  struct stat st;
   TEST_COMPARE (statx (fd, path, 0, STATX_BASIC_STATS, &stx), 0);
 
   test_t tests[] = { stat_check, lstat_check, fstat_check, fstatat_check };
 
   for (int i = 0; i < array_length (tests); i++)
     {
-      struct stat st;
       tests[i](fd, path, &st);
 
       TEST_COMPARE (stx.stx_dev_major, major (st.st_dev));
@@ -111,6 +122,10 @@ do_test (void)
        }
     }
 
+  TEST_COMPARE (symlink ("tst-fstat.target", linkame), 0);
+  add_temp_file (linkame);
+  fstatat_link (linkame, &st);
+
   return 0;
 }
 

diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index fb7986cff720b7d266d026ba7b93509d0d04faa9..f49d7d757284f92839c478483ae011de84cf1404 100644 (file)
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -2400,8 +2400,9 @@ The descriptor @var{filedes} is not associated with a directory, and
 @var{filename} is a relative file name.
 
 @item ENOENT
-The file named by @var{filename} does not exist, or @var{filename} is an
-empty string and @var{flags} does not contain @code{AT_EMPTY_PATH}.
+The file named by @var{filename} does not exist, it's a dangling symbolic link
+and @var{flags} does not contain @code{AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW}, or @var{filename}
+is an empty string and @var{flags} does not contain @code{AT_EMPTY_PATH}.
 @end table
 
 When the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} this