The boot process can't delete old /tmp when it contains non-UTF-8 file names

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  • Ludovic Courtès
  • Maxime Devos
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Maxime Devos wrote on 24 Sep 2022 23:12
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Will try to catch the exact warning message and write a reproducer at
the next boot, for now I write it here before I forget about it.
Greetings,
Maxime.
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Maxime Devos wrote on 25 Sep 2022 13:25
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On 24-09-2022 23:12, Maxime Devos wrote:
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> Will try to catch the exact warning message and write a reproducer at
> the next boot, for now I write it here before I forget about it.
Two reproducers:
(1) Compile ripgrep and somehow let it fail (but after it creates
non-UTF-8 file names), reboot, "ls /tmp"
(2) Run touch /tmp/OOPS-$(echo -e '\xff')-OOPS, reboot, "ls /tmp"
I didn't see the warning this time though.
Greetings,
Maxime.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 26 Sep 2022 17:48
Re: bug#58048: The boot process can't delete old /tmp when it contains non-UTF-8 file names
(name . Maxime Devos)(address . maximedevos@telenet.be)(address . 58048@debbugs.gnu.org)
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Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:

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> On 24-09-2022 23:12, Maxime Devos wrote:
>> Will try to catch the exact warning message and write a reproducer
>> at the next boot, for now I write it here before I forget about it.
>
> Two reproducers:
>
> (1) Compile ripgrep and somehow let it fail (but after it creates
> non-UTF-8 file names), reboot, "ls /tmp"
> (2) Run touch /tmp/OOPS-$(echo -e '\xff')-OOPS, reboot, "ls /tmp"

The culprit would be ‘cleanup-gexp’ in (gnu services). It keeps going
upon ‘system-error’ (like ENOENT), but it could be that you’re getting
‘encoding-error’ in this case.

In that case, ‘fail-safe’ should also catch this.

We can extend ‘%test-cleanup’ in (gnu tests base) to exercise this.

Would you like to give it a spin?

Ludo’.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 26 Sep 2022 17:49
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Maxime Devos wrote on 27 Sep 2022 13:12
Re: bug#58048: The boot process can't delete old /tmp when it contains non-UTF-8 file names
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(address . 58048@debbugs.gnu.org)
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On 26-09-2022 17:48, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
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> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:
>
>> On 24-09-2022 23:12, Maxime Devos wrote:
>>> Will try to catch the exact warning message and write a reproducer
>>> at the next boot, for now I write it here before I forget about it.
>>
>> Two reproducers:
>>
>> (1) Compile ripgrep and somehow let it fail (but after it creates
>> non-UTF-8 file names), reboot, "ls /tmp"
>> (2) Run touch /tmp/OOPS-$(echo -e '\xff')-OOPS, reboot, "ls /tmp"
>
> The culprit would be ‘cleanup-gexp’ in (gnu services). It keeps going
> upon ‘system-error’ (like ENOENT), but it could be that you’re getting
> ‘encoding-error’ in this case.
>
> In that case, ‘fail-safe’ should also catch this.
>
> We can extend ‘%test-cleanup’ in (gnu tests base) to exercise this.
>
> Would you like to give it a spin?
Yes, just not yet (low priority, doesn't block the boot, just a bit
annoying).
Greetings,
Maxime.
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