[PATCH] dd: add 'fullblock' iflag.

Nicholas Clark nicholas.clark at gmail.com
Thu Jan 25 18:11:30 UTC 2018


Looks great! Do you think we should include a different way to tell the
user that some of their requested data didn't actually get written?

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Applied without the code which prints warning.
> Please try current git.
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 7:05 PM, Nicholas Clark
> <nicholas.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Adds a fullblock iflag for improved compatibility with GNU dd.
> > The new iflag can be used to ensure that dd calls retrieve the
> > expected amount of data when reading from pipes or unusual
> > filesystems.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Clark <nicholas.clark at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  coreutils/dd.c             | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +++++++++-------
> >  docs/posix_conformance.txt |  5 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
> > index d302f35d3..760420687 100644
> > --- a/coreutils/dd.c
> > +++ b/coreutils/dd.c
> > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
> >  //config:      elapsed time and speed.
> >  //config:
> >  //config:config FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > -//config:      bool "Enable ibs, obs and conv options"
> > +//config:      bool "Enable ibs, obs, iflag and conv options"
> >  //config:      default y
> >  //config:      depends on DD
> >  //config:      help
> > @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
> >
> >  //usage:#define dd_trivial_usage
> >  //usage:       "[if=FILE] [of=FILE] " IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS("[ibs=N]
> [obs=N] ") "[bs=N] [count=N] [skip=N]\n"
> > -//usage:       "       [seek=N]" IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS("
> [conv=notrunc|noerror|sync|fsync] [iflag=skip_bytes]")
> > +//usage:       "       [seek=N]" IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS("
> [conv=notrunc|noerror|sync|fsync] [iflag=skip_bytes|fullblock]")
> >  //usage:#define dd_full_usage "\n\n"
> >  //usage:       "Copy a file with converting and formatting\n"
> >  //usage:     "\n       if=FILE         Read from FILE instead of stdin"
> > @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
> >  //usage:     "\n       conv=fsync      Physically write data out before
> finishing"
> >  //usage:     "\n       conv=swab       Swap every pair of bytes"
> >  //usage:     "\n       iflag=skip_bytes        skip=N is in bytes"
> > +//usage:     "\n       iflag=fullblock Try to read full blocks from
> input"
> >  //usage:       )
> >  //usage:       IF_FEATURE_DD_STATUS(
> >  //usage:     "\n       status=noxfer   Suppress rate output"
> > @@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ struct globals {
> >         unsigned long long begin_time_us;
> >  #endif
> >         int flags;
> > +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +       char warn_en;
> > +       char previous_partial;
> > +#endif
> >  } FIX_ALIASING;
> >  #define G (*(struct globals*)bb_common_bufsiz1)
> >  #define INIT_G() do { \
> > @@ -130,11 +135,13 @@ enum {
> >         /* start of input flags */
> >         FLAG_IFLAG_SHIFT = 5,
> >         FLAG_SKIP_BYTES = (1 << 5) * ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS,
> > +       FLAG_FULLBLOCK = (1 << 6) * ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS,
> >         /* end of input flags */
> > -       FLAG_TWOBUFS = (1 << 6) * ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS,
> > -       FLAG_COUNT   = 1 << 7,
> > -       FLAG_STATUS_NONE = 1 << 8,
> > -       FLAG_STATUS_NOXFER = 1 << 9,
> > +       FLAG_TWOBUFS = (1 << 7) * ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS,
> > +       FLAG_COUNT   = 1 << 8,
> > +       FLAG_BS   = 1 << 9,
> > +       FLAG_STATUS_NONE = 1 << 10,
> > +       FLAG_STATUS_NOXFER = 1 << 11,
> >  };
> >
> >  static void dd_output_status(int UNUSED_PARAM cur_signal)
> > @@ -189,6 +196,25 @@ static ssize_t full_write_or_warn(const void *buf,
> size_t len,
> >         return n;
> >  }
> >
> > +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +static ssize_t read_and_warn(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
> > +{
> > +       ssize_t result = safe_read(fd, buf, count);
> > +
> > +       if (result <= 0) {
> > +               return result;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       if (G.previous_partial && G.warn_en) {
> > +               G.warn_en = 0;
> > +               bb_error_msg("warn: partial read; suggest
> iflag=fullblock");
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       G.previous_partial = (result < count);
> > +       return result;
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > +
> >  static bool write_and_stats(const void *buf, size_t len, size_t obs,
> >         const char *filename)
> >  {
> > @@ -251,7 +277,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >         static const char conv_words[] ALIGN1 =
> >                 "notrunc\0""sync\0""noerror\0""fsync\0""swab\0";
> >         static const char iflag_words[] ALIGN1 =
> > -               "skip_bytes\0";
> > +               "skip_bytes\0""fullblock\0";
> >  #endif
> >  #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_STATUS
> >         static const char status_words[] ALIGN1 =
> > @@ -290,6 +316,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >         /* Partially implemented: */
> >         //swab          swap every pair of input bytes: will abort on
> non-even reads
> >                 OP_iflag_skip_bytes,
> > +               OP_iflag_fullblock,
> >  #endif
> >         };
> >         smallint exitcode = EXIT_FAILURE;
> > @@ -347,6 +374,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >                 if (what == OP_ibs) {
> >                         /* Must fit into positive ssize_t */
> >                         ibs = xatoul_range_sfx(val, 1, ((size_t)-1L)/2,
> cwbkMG_suffixes);
> > +                       G.flags |= FLAG_BS;
> >                         /*continue;*/
> >                 }
> >                 if (what == OP_obs) {
> > @@ -365,6 +393,9 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >                 if (what == OP_bs) {
> >                         ibs = xatoul_range_sfx(val, 1, ((size_t)-1L)/2,
> cwbkMG_suffixes);
> >                         obs = ibs;
> > +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +                       G.flags |= FLAG_BS;
> > +#endif
> >                         /*continue;*/
> >                 }
> >                 /* These can be large: */
> > @@ -405,6 +436,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >         ibuf = xmalloc(ibs);
> >         obuf = ibuf;
> >  #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +       G.warn_en = (G.flags & (FLAG_BS + FLAG_COUNT)) == (FLAG_BS +
> FLAG_COUNT);
> >         if (ibs != obs) {
> >                 G.flags |= FLAG_TWOBUFS;
> >                 obuf = xmalloc(obs);
> > @@ -450,7 +482,15 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >                 size_t blocksz = (G.flags & FLAG_SKIP_BYTES) ? 1 : ibs;
> >                 if (lseek(ifd, skip * blocksz, SEEK_CUR) < 0) {
> >                         do {
> > -                               ssize_t n = safe_read(ifd, ibuf,
> blocksz);
> > +                               ssize_t n;
> > +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +                               if (G.flags & FLAG_FULLBLOCK)
> > +                                       n = full_read(ifd, ibuf,
> blocksz);
> > +                               else
> > +                                       n = read_and_warn(ifd, ibuf,
> blocksz);
> > +#else
> > +                               n = safe_read(ifd, ibuf, blocksz);
> > +#endif
> >                                 if (n < 0)
> >                                         goto die_infile;
> >                                 if (n == 0)
> > @@ -465,8 +505,14 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
> >
> >         while (!(G.flags & FLAG_COUNT) || (G.in_full + G.in_part !=
> count)) {
> >                 ssize_t n;
> > -
> > +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
> > +               if (G.flags & FLAG_FULLBLOCK)
> > +                       n = full_read(ifd, ibuf, ibs);
> > +               else
> > +                       n = read_and_warn(ifd, ibuf, ibs);
> > +#else
> >                 n = safe_read(ifd, ibuf, ibs);
> > +#endif
> >                 if (n == 0)
> >                         break;
> >                 if (n < 0) {
> > diff --git a/docs/posix_conformance.txt b/docs/posix_conformance.txt
> > index 8b9112020..cdf89b744 100644
> > --- a/docs/posix_conformance.txt
> > +++ b/docs/posix_conformance.txt
> > @@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ dd POSIX options:
> >    conv=noerror    |  yes   |           |
> >    conv=notrunc    |  yes   |           |
> >    conv=sync       |  yes   |           |
> > +dd compatibility options:
> > +  conv=fsync      |  yes   |           |
> >    iflag=skip_bytes|  yes   |           |
> > -dd Busybox specific options:
> > - conv=fsync
> > +  iflag=fullblock |  yes   |           |
> >
> >  df POSIX options
> >   option           | exists | compliant | remarks
> > --
> > 2.14.1
> >
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