[v4,2/2] timezone: Replace Localtime file copy with symbolic link

Message ID 20250605080336.21824-2-andrea.ricchi@amarulasolutions.com
State New
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  • [v4,1/2] Revert "timezone: Fix compare_file comparison in timezone checking"
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Andrea Ricchi June 5, 2025, 8:03 a.m. UTC
Based on the `man 5 localtime` documentation the `/etc/localtime`
file is expected to be a symbolic link, not a standalone
regular file.

This change replaces `write_file` with `write_symlink`, avoiding
unnecessary file I/O and memory mapping. It ensures Localtime accurately
reflects the selected timezone without duplicating data. This also
fixes `__connman_timezone_lookup()`, which requires Localtime to be a
symlink to function correctly.
---
 src/timezone.c | 50 +++++++++++---------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

Comments

Denis Kenzior June 5, 2025, 2:58 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Andrea,

On 6/5/25 3:03 AM, Andrea Ricchi wrote:
> Based on the `man 5 localtime` documentation the `/etc/localtime`
> file is expected to be a symbolic link, not a standalone
> regular file.
> 
> This change replaces `write_file` with `write_symlink`, avoiding
> unnecessary file I/O and memory mapping. It ensures Localtime accurately
> reflects the selected timezone without duplicating data. This also
> fixes `__connman_timezone_lookup()`, which requires Localtime to be a
> symlink to function correctly.
> ---
>   src/timezone.c | 50 +++++++++++---------------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 

<snip>

> @@ -537,35 +527,17 @@ static int write_file(void *src_map, struct stat *src_st, const char *pathname)
>   int __connman_timezone_change(const char *zone)
>   {
>   	struct stat st;
> -	char *map, pathname[PATH_MAX];
> -	int fd, err;
> +	g_autofree char *pathname = NULL;
> +	int err;

Amended this commit to remove 'err' variable in order to fix the warning this 
patch introduced:

[denkenz@archdev connman]$ make
make --no-print-directory all-am
   CC       src/tools_dnsproxy_standalone-timezone.o
src/timezone.c: In function ‘__connman_timezone_change’:
src/timezone.c:531:13: error: unused variable ‘err’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
   531 |         int err;
       |             ^~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors


>   
>   	DBG("zone %s", zone);
>   
> -	snprintf(pathname, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", USR_SHARE_ZONEINFO, zone);
> +	pathname = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", USR_SHARE_ZONEINFO, zone);
>   
> -	fd = open(pathname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
> -	if (fd < 0)
> +	if (stat(pathname, &st) < 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> -	if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
> -		close(fd);
> -		return -EIO;
> -	}
> -
> -	map = mmap(0, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> -	if (!map || map == MAP_FAILED) {
> -		close(fd);
> -		return -EIO;
> -	}
> -
> -	err = write_file(map, &st, connman_setting_get_string("Localtime"));
> -
> -	munmap(map, st.st_size);
> -
> -	close(fd);
> -
> -	return err;
> +	return write_symlink(pathname, connman_setting_get_string("Localtime"));
>   }
>   
>   static guint inotify_watch = 0;

Applied, thanks.

Regards,
-Denis

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Patch

diff --git a/src/timezone.c b/src/timezone.c
index 89c44895..f442bc2a 100644
--- a/src/timezone.c
+++ b/src/timezone.c
@@ -507,28 +507,18 @@  done:
 	return zone;
 }
 
-static int write_file(void *src_map, struct stat *src_st, const char *pathname)
+static int write_symlink(const char *target, const char *link)
 {
 	struct stat st;
-	int fd;
-	ssize_t written;
 
-	DBG("pathname %s", pathname);
+	DBG("pathname %s", link);
 
-	if (lstat(pathname, &st) == 0) {
-		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
-			unlink(pathname);
+	if (lstat(link, &st) == 0) {
+		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+			unlink(link);
 	}
 
-	fd = open(pathname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	written = write(fd, src_map, src_st->st_size);
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	if (written < 0)
+	if (symlink(target, link) < 0)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -537,35 +527,17 @@  static int write_file(void *src_map, struct stat *src_st, const char *pathname)
 int __connman_timezone_change(const char *zone)
 {
 	struct stat st;
-	char *map, pathname[PATH_MAX];
-	int fd, err;
+	g_autofree char *pathname = NULL;
+	int err;
 
 	DBG("zone %s", zone);
 
-	snprintf(pathname, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", USR_SHARE_ZONEINFO, zone);
+	pathname = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", USR_SHARE_ZONEINFO, zone);
 
-	fd = open(pathname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (fd < 0)
+	if (stat(pathname, &st) < 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
-		close(fd);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	map = mmap(0, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-	if (!map || map == MAP_FAILED) {
-		close(fd);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	err = write_file(map, &st, connman_setting_get_string("Localtime"));
-
-	munmap(map, st.st_size);
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	return err;
+	return write_symlink(pathname, connman_setting_get_string("Localtime"));
 }
 
 static guint inotify_watch = 0;