[Libguestfs] [libnbd PATCH v4 0/2] lib/utils: introduce async-signal-safe execvpe()

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon Mar 20 19:41:46 UTC 2023


On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:41:37AM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> This is version 4 of the following sub-series:
> 
> [libnbd PATCH v3 09/29] lib/utils: introduce async-signal-safe execvpe()
> [libnbd PATCH v3 10/29] lib/utils: add unit tests for async-signal-safe execvpe()
> 
> http://mid.mail-archive.com/20230215141158.2426855-10-lersek@redhat.com
> http://mid.mail-archive.com/20230215141158.2426855-11-lersek@redhat.com
> 
> The Notes section on each patch records the updates for that patch.
> 
> For assisting with incremental review, here's a range-diff:

Thank you; the changes compared to v3 look sane, and my R-b still stands on both patches.

> >       ## lib/test-fork-safe-execvpe.sh (new) ##
> >      @@
> >     @@ lib/test-fork-safe-execvpe.sh (new)
> >      +# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
> >      +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> >      +
> >     ++. ../tests/functions.sh
> >     ++
> >      +set -e
> >      +
> >      +# Determine the absolute pathname of the execvpe helper binary. The "realpath"
> >     @@ lib/test-fork-safe-execvpe.sh (new)
> >      +
> >      +# Create a temporary directory and change the working directory to it.
> >      +tmpd=$(mktemp -d)
> >     -+trap 'rm -r -- "$tmpd"' EXIT
> >     ++cleanup_fn rm -r -- "$tmpd"

"$tmpd" probably starts with /, such that the -- is not strictly
necessary; but keep it (good practice, and saves us in case someone
sets $TMPDIR to an unusual relative name and mktemp does not give us a
leading / after all).

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