Subject: bug#27871: [PATCH] Treat unreachable current directory as error

From: Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:50:06 +0200

Linux prefixes an unreachable (e.g. unmounted) current directory with
the special string "(unreachable)", cf. Bug#27871.  Treat such
directories as error because they wouldn't work anyway.

* src/sysdep.c (emacs_get_current_dir_name_1): Renamed from
emacs_get_current_dir_name.
(emacs_get_current_dir_name): Check for prefix "(unreachable)".
---
 src/sysdep.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/sysdep.c b/src/sysdep.c
index 1e6e0d011b..efc0396c93 100644
--- a/src/sysdep.c
+++ b/src/sysdep.c
@@ -220,10 +220,8 @@ init_standard_fds (void)
   force_open (STDERR_FILENO, O_RDONLY);
 }
 
-/* Return the current working directory.  The result should be freed
-   with 'free'.  Return NULL on errors.  */
-char *
-emacs_get_current_dir_name (void)
+static char *
+emacs_get_current_dir_name_1 (void)
 {
 # if HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME && !BROKEN_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
 #  ifdef HYBRID_MALLOC
@@ -283,6 +281,27 @@ emacs_get_current_dir_name (void)
   return buf;
 }
 
+/* Return the current working directory.  The result should be freed
+   with 'free'.  Return NULL on errors.  */
+char *
+emacs_get_current_dir_name (void)
+{
+  char *dir = emacs_get_current_dir_name_1 ();
+  if (dir == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+  /* On Linux, getcwd and get_current_dir_name return a string
+     starting with "(unreachable)" if the current directory doesn't
+     exist, e.g. because it was unmounted.  Treat that as an error.
+     See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=27871.  */
+  if (!file_name_absolute_p (dir))
+    {
+      free (dir);
+      errno = ENOTCONN;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  return dir;
+}
+
 
 /* Discard pending input on all input descriptors.  */
 
-- 
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