flock.c: harden -w/--timeout argument parsing - #45
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The timeout parser now rejects malformed and non-finite values, but a finite value larger than the timer’s supported seconds range may still trigger undefined behavior. The change is otherwise localized and mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to add range validation and coverage. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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PR Summary by QodoHarden flock timeout parsing and sub-microsecond handling
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1. Timeout signal can be lost
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| if (timer.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && timer.it_value.tv_usec == 0) | ||
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1. Timeout signal can be lost 🐞 Bug ☼ Reliability
A 1µs timer can fire after setitimer() but before the blocking flock() begins; the handler only sets a flag that is checked after flock() returns EINTR, so a contended call can then block indefinitely with no second alarm. This makes the new sub-microsecond behavior and its tests timing-dependent instead of guaranteeing a timeout.
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## Issue description
The new 1µs floor can let SIGALRM be consumed before the first blocking `flock()`, after which the process may block indefinitely because the timeout flag is only examined following `EINTR`.
## Issue Context
The timeout handler merely records expiration, and `SA_RESETHAND` means no later alarm will interrupt a blocking call. Implement timeout expiration so it cannot be lost in the gap before `flock()` (for example, use a race-free acquisition strategy or have expiration directly terminate with the conflict status using async-signal-safe state/operations), and add a deterministic regression test.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/flock.c[133-137]
- src/flock.c[218-221]
- src/flock.c[314-335]
- t/default.bats[251-264]
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| if (errno == ERANGE || endptr == optarg || *endptr != '\0' || | ||
| !isfinite(raw_timeval) || raw_timeval <= 0) |
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2. Finite timeout overflows time_t 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
The new validation accepts every finite positive double, including values outside the representable range of time_t, and the following cast then has undefined behavior. Such input can produce an invalid timer or an OS error instead of being rejected as invalid usage.
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## Issue description
The hardened parser does not verify that a finite positive parsed timeout is representable by `time_t` before converting it, so sufficiently large finite arguments invoke undefined behavior.
## Issue Context
Reject values outside the destination range before any floating-to-integer conversion. Also ensure the derived `tv_usec` is within the valid timeval range, and test a finite decimal larger than the platform's supported timeout.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/flock.c[212-217]
- t/default.bats[266-282]
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In `@src/flock.c`:
- Line 216: Before the assignment to timer.it_value.tv_sec in the
timeout-handling path, add a platform-aware check that raw_timeval is within the
representable time_t range; return EX_USAGE when it is finite but oversized,
while preserving valid timeout handling. Add a regression test covering an
oversized finite timeout.
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| if (errno == ERANGE || endptr == optarg || *endptr != '\0' || | ||
| !isfinite(raw_timeval) || raw_timeval <= 0) | ||
| errx(EX_USAGE, "timeout must be greater than 0, was '%s'", optarg); | ||
| timer.it_value.tv_sec = (time_t) raw_timeval; |
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Reject values outside the timer.it_value.tv_sec range.
isfinite() does not validate the target time_t range. A finite oversized value can reach the cast at this line, causing undefined behavior when the integral value is not representable. Add a platform-aware range check and return EX_USAGE. Add a regression test for an oversized finite timeout.
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In `@src/flock.c` at line 216, Before the assignment to timer.it_value.tv_sec in
the timeout-handling path, add a platform-aware check that raw_timeval is within
the representable time_t range; return EX_USAGE when it is finite but oversized,
while preserving valid timeout handling. Add a regression test covering an
oversized finite timeout.
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