groovy

eachFileRecurse crashes when descending a directory with circular symbolic links

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: groovy-jdk
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    redhat fc5, sun java 5 or 6, ubuntu feisty, sun java 5 or 6
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

The following script will quickly stack overflow on linux if the IllegalArgumentException line is commented out.

#!/usr/bin/env groovy
def ff = new File("/sys/block/md0/subsystem");
def isSymlink(ff){
return ff.getAbsolutePath()!=ff.getCanonicalPath() ;
}
ff.eachFileRecurse {
printf("%s\n",it);
if( isSymlink(it) )

{ throw new IllegalArgumentException("circular symlinks"); }

}

Issue Links

is related to

Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. GROOVY-2740 eachFileRecurse() goes into infinte loop traversing /proc filesystem in Linux

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Closed - The issue is considered finished, the resolution is correct. Issues which are not closed can be reopened.

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  • Assignee:
    Unassigned
    Reporter:
    Phil Walker
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