* [PATCH v2] Fix EINTR handling when reading from a pipe.
@ 2026-04-02 13:59 Ignacy Gawędzki
2026-04-12 10:36 ` [v3 PATCH] input: " Herbert Xu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ignacy Gawędzki @ 2026-04-02 13:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dash
When using tee to peek at stdin pipe, consider forwarding EINTR
without attempting to read, otherwise pending signals don't get
handled properly.
Signed-off-by: Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr>
---
src/input.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index 71282fb..fd5c36f 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ retry:
if (!fd && !stdin_bufferable()) {
nr = stdin_tee(buf, nr);
- fd = stdin_state.pip[0];
- if (nr <= 0) {
+ if (nr == 0 || (nr < 0 && errno != EINTR)) {
fd = 0;
nr = 1;
- }
+ } else
+ fd = stdin_state.pip[0];
}
if (nr >= 0)
--
2.51.0
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* [v3 PATCH] input: Fix EINTR handling when reading from a pipe
2026-04-02 13:59 [PATCH v2] Fix EINTR handling when reading from a pipe Ignacy Gawędzki
@ 2026-04-12 10:36 ` Herbert Xu
2026-04-13 23:45 ` [v4 " Herbert Xu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Xu @ 2026-04-12 10:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ignacy Gawędzki; +Cc: dash
Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr> wrote:
> When using tee to peek at stdin pipe, consider forwarding EINTR
> without attempting to read, otherwise pending signals don't get
> handled properly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr>
> ---
> src/input.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Thanks for the patch. I think we need to restrict the fallback
path even further. In fact, only EINVAL should enter the fallback
path.
---8<---
Errors from tee(2) should not lead to the fallback path in every
case. In fact, only EINVAL should trigger an attempt to call
read(2).
Every other error (and zero == EOF) returned by tee(2) should be
treated as if it came from read(2).
Reported-by: Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c37eefe..9a55ea0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dnl Checks for library functions.
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bsearch faccessat getpwnam getrlimit isalpha killpg \
memfd_create memrchr mempcpy \
sigsetmask stpcpy strchrnul strsignal strtod strtoimax \
- strtoumax sysconf tee wait3)
+ strtoumax sysconf wait3)
dnl Check whether it's worth working around FreeBSD PR kern/125009.
dnl The traditional behavior of access/faccessat is crazy, but
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ if test "$use_fnmatch" = yes && test "$enable_glob" = yes; then
fi
if test "$enable_tee" != no; then
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(tee, use_tee=yes)
+fi
+
+if test "$use_tee" = yes; then
AC_DEFINE([USE_TEE], [1], [Non-zero if tee(2) should be used])
else
AC_DEFINE([USE_TEE], [0], [Non-zero if tee(2) should be used])
diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index 71282fb..4e30010 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ static int stdin_tee(void *buf, int nr)
flush_tee(buf, nr, stdin_state.pending);
- err = USE_TEE ? tee(0, stdin_state.pip[1], nr, 0) : -1;
+ if (USE_TEE)
+ err = tee(0, stdin_state.pip[1], nr, 0);
+ else {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ err = -1;
+ }
stdin_state.pending = err;
return err;
}
@@ -324,13 +329,13 @@ retry:
if (!fd && !stdin_bufferable()) {
nr = stdin_tee(buf, nr);
fd = stdin_state.pip[0];
- if (nr <= 0) {
+ if (nr < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
fd = 0;
nr = 1;
}
}
- if (nr >= 0)
+ if (nr > 0)
nr = read(fd, buf, nr);
if (nr < 0) {
diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 8cb4726..2138989 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@ long sysconf(int) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
int isblank(int c);
#endif
-#ifndef HAVE_TEE
-static inline ssize_t tee(int fd_in, int fd_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
-{
- return -1;
-}
-#endif
-
#ifndef HAVE_FNMATCH
static inline int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
{
--
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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* [v4 PATCH] input: Fix EINTR handling when reading from a pipe
2026-04-12 10:36 ` [v3 PATCH] input: " Herbert Xu
@ 2026-04-13 23:45 ` Herbert Xu
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Xu @ 2026-04-13 23:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: DASH Mailing List; +Cc: ignacy.gawedzki
Restore the fallback tee definition so that it actually compiles.
---8<---
Errors from tee(2) should not lead to the fallback path in every
case. In fact, only EINVAL should trigger an attempt to call
read(2).
Every other error (and zero == EOF) returned by tee(2) should be
treated as if it came from read(2).
Reported-by: Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c37eefe..d749440 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ if test "$use_fnmatch" = yes && test "$enable_glob" = yes; then
fi
if test "$enable_tee" != no; then
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(tee, use_tee=yes)
+fi
+
+if test "$use_tee" = yes; then
AC_DEFINE([USE_TEE], [1], [Non-zero if tee(2) should be used])
else
AC_DEFINE([USE_TEE], [0], [Non-zero if tee(2) should be used])
diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index 71282fb..4e30010 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ static int stdin_tee(void *buf, int nr)
flush_tee(buf, nr, stdin_state.pending);
- err = USE_TEE ? tee(0, stdin_state.pip[1], nr, 0) : -1;
+ if (USE_TEE)
+ err = tee(0, stdin_state.pip[1], nr, 0);
+ else {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ err = -1;
+ }
stdin_state.pending = err;
return err;
}
@@ -324,13 +329,13 @@ retry:
if (!fd && !stdin_bufferable()) {
nr = stdin_tee(buf, nr);
fd = stdin_state.pip[0];
- if (nr <= 0) {
+ if (nr < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
fd = 0;
nr = 1;
}
}
- if (nr >= 0)
+ if (nr > 0)
nr = read(fd, buf, nr);
if (nr < 0) {
--
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
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