#!/bin/sh # Ensure tail tracks symlinks properly. # Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ tail # Function to count number of lines from tail # while ignoring transient errors due to resource limits countlines_ () { grep -Ev 'inotify (resources exhausted|cannot be used)' out | wc -l } # Function to check the expected line count in 'out'. # Called via retry_delay_(). Sleep some time - see retry_delay_() - if the # line count is still smaller than expected. wait4lines_ () { local delay=$1 local elc=$2 # Expected line count. [ "$(countlines_)" -ge "$elc" ] || { sleep $delay; return 1; } } # Terminate any background tail process cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; } # speedup non inotify case fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1' # Ensure changing targets of cli specified symlinks are handled. # Prior to v8.22, inotify would fail to recognize changes in the targets. # Clear 'out' so that we can check its contents without races. >out || framework_failure_ ln -nsf target symlink || framework_failure_ timeout 10 tail $fastpoll -F symlink >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for "cannot open..." retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 1 || { cat out; fail=1; } echo "X" > target || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 3 || { cat out; fail=1; } cleanup_ # Expect 3 lines in the output file. [ "$(countlines_)" = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f target out || framework_failure_ # Ensure we correctly handle the source symlink itself changing. # I.e., that we don't operate solely on the targets. # Clear 'out' so that we can check its contents without races. >out || framework_failure_ echo "X1" > target1 || framework_failure_ ln -nsf target1 symlink || framework_failure_ timeout 10 tail $fastpoll -F symlink >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 1 || { cat out; fail=1; } ln -nsf target2 symlink || framework_failure_ # Wait for "become inaccess..." retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } echo "X2" > target2 || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || { cat out; fail=1; } cleanup_ # Expect 4 lines in the output file. [ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'become inacce' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X1$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X2$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f target1 target2 out || framework_failure_ # Note other symlink edge cases are currently just diagnosed # rather than being handled. I.e., if you specify a missing item, # or existing file that later change to a symlink, if inotify # is in use, you'll get a diagnostic saying that link will # no longer be tailed. Exit $fail