Description of problem: From some time I noticed that lynx just hangs on system I use. It hangs and produces temporary *.html files in my tmp directory with impressive speed. I get to debug it and I found an issue that causes lynx to enter an infinite loop. The infinite cycle is in LYOpenTemp function (cycle is LYUtils.c:5868 - LYUtils.c:5895). There is an attempt to create temporary file, for example â/users/vsysoltx/lynx-tmp/w7Hvle.htmlâ. For opening file it enters LYNewTxtFile (LYUtils.c:5715) and further in OpenHiddenFile (LYUtils.c:5645). Ok, further, mode = âwâ, try to open file through open(â/users/vsysoltx/lynx- tmp/w7Hvle.htmlâ, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY, HIDE_CHMOD) follows, but âopenâ returns EEXIST because file is already opened! It was opened during call from LYOpenTemp to fmt_tempname and there mkstemp opened file. But OK, if you are going to open it twice, it is your wish maybe. Letâs return back to OpenHiddenFile. âopenâ returns EEXIST, fd = -1, program think that something wrong. There is comment in LYUtils.c :5662 about some race etc, so just created temporary file is deleted and created again .. but only if IsOurFile(name) returns TRUE. And IsOurFile(name) returns true only if there is no directory that is link in full temporary file name (there is scrupulous check in IsOurFile where leafs from path are cut and the rest is checked against being a symbolic link). Ha, but I have home directory being a hard link! So if I have TMPDIR pointing to somewhere in my home directory IsOurFile(name) returns false. That causes OpenHiddenFile to return fp = 0, further LYNewTxtFile returns fp = 0 and we get again in our infinite cycle in LYUtils.c:5868 - LYUtils.c:5895. As only result new temporary file is generated. The solution I think in remembering that mkstemp generates temporary file and you do not need to create it again. But even if you wanted to ensure that temporary file wouldnât contain directories that are links, you should do it before file creation and emit fatal error in unsatisfactory case. Hang mustnât occur, moreover filesystem become very busy spawning temporary files with great speed; that might be a security issue. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: Be in empty directory, I assume that $TMPDIR is your real tmp dir 1. ln âsf $TMPDIR ./tmp 2. echo â<HTML> Slawa </HTML>â > ./test.html 3. TMPDIR=./tmp lynx âdump ./test.html Actual results: hanging and $TMPDIR is filling with a TON of *.html Expected results: Few lines of test.html dump Additional info: Feel free to contact me for any details you need
On Redhat 8.0, I see lynx 2.8.5dev.7 (not a release). I cannot reproduce this with the current development version of lynx (2.8.5dev.15), nor with the current release (2.8.4). Redhat's package is broken, of course.
Can't reproduce this in Red Hat Linux 9.