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author | Lukas Fleischer <archlinux@cryptocrack.de> | 2011-10-13 17:23:19 +0200 |
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committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2011-10-13 11:20:03 -0500 |
commit | d4c97ea2f64cafd3e14e2817d2b805f0b0d541f1 (patch) | |
tree | 4639bea0a033e8351fb575053a25060740efbd05 /lib/libalpm/conflict.h | |
parent | 12642a299b9f4218f43ce8a4f1d9924cfae744ee (diff) |
repo-add: Avoid race condition in signal handlers
There is a small chance that a user sends SIGINT (or any other signal
that is trapped) when we're already in clean_up() which used to lead to
trap_exit() being executed and the remaining code in clean_up() being
skipped due to the bash signal/trap handler blocking EXIT (since its
handler is already being executed, even if it's interrupted).
In practice, this behaviour caused unexpected results (primarily because
pressing ^C at the wrong time left a lock file behind):
$ ./repo-add extra.db.tar.gz foobar
==> Extracting database to a temporary location...
^C
==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting...
$ ./repo-add extra.db.tar.gz foobar
==> Extracting database to a temporary location...
==> ERROR: File 'foobar' not found.
==> No packages modified, nothing to do.
^C
==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting...
$ ./repo-add extra.db.tar.gz foobar
==> ERROR: Failed to acquire lockfile: extra.db.tar.gz.lck.
==> ERROR: Held by process 18522
Fix this and reduce the chance of race conditions in signal handlers by:
* Unhooking all traps in both clean_up() and trap_exit().
* Call clean_up() explicitly in trap_exit() to make sure we remove the
lock file and the temporary directory even if we send SIGINT when
clean_up() is already being executed but didn't reach the unhook code
yet.
Also, add an optional parameter to clean_up() to allow for setting an
explicit exit code when we call clean_up() from trap_exit().
Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <archlinux@cryptocrack.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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