ash: eval: Prevent recursive PS4 expansion
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 13:19:10 +1000
eval: Prevent recursive PS4 expansion
    Yaroslav Halchenko <yoh@onerussian.com> wrote:
    > I like to (ab)use PS4 and set -x for tracing execution of scripts.
    > Reporting time and PID is very useful in this context.
    >
    > I am not 100% certain if bash's behavior (of actually running the command
    > embedded within PS4 string, probably eval'ing it) is actually POSIX
    > compliant, posh seems to not do that; but I think it is definitely not
    > desired for dash to just stall:
    >
    > - the script:
    > #!/bin/sh
    > set -x
    > export PS4='+ $(date +%T.%N) [$$] '
    > echo "lets go"
    > sleep 1
    > echo "done $var"
    >
    > - bash:
    > /tmp > bash --posix test.sh
    > +export 'PS4=+ $(date +%T.%N) [$$] '
    > +PS4='+ $(date +%T.%N) [$$] '
    > + 09:15:48.982296333 [2764323] echo 'lets go'
    > lets go
    > + 09:15:48.987829613 [2764323] sleep 1
    > + 09:15:49.994485037 [2764323] echo 'done '
    > done
    >
    ...
    > - dash: (stalls it set -x)
    > /tmp > dash test.sh
    > +export PS4=+ $(date +%T.%N) [$$]
    > ^C^C
    This patch fixes the infinite loop caused by repeated expansions
    of PS4.
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
			
			
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		| @@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ struct globals_misc { | ||||
| 	uint8_t exitstatus;     /* exit status of last command */ | ||||
| 	uint8_t back_exitstatus;/* exit status of backquoted command */ | ||||
| 	smallint job_warning;   /* user was warned about stopped jobs (can be 2, 1 or 0). */ | ||||
| 	smallint inps4;		/* Prevent PS4 nesting. */ | ||||
| 	int savestatus;         /* exit status of last command outside traps */ | ||||
| 	int rootpid;            /* pid of main shell */ | ||||
| 	/* shell level: 0 for the main shell, 1 for its children, and so on */ | ||||
| @@ -492,6 +493,7 @@ extern struct globals_misc *BB_GLOBAL_CONST ash_ptr_to_globals_misc; | ||||
| #define exitstatus        (G_misc.exitstatus ) | ||||
| #define back_exitstatus   (G_misc.back_exitstatus ) | ||||
| #define job_warning       (G_misc.job_warning) | ||||
| #define inps4       (G_misc.inps4      ) | ||||
| #define savestatus  (G_misc.savestatus ) | ||||
| #define rootpid     (G_misc.rootpid    ) | ||||
| #define shlvl       (G_misc.shlvl      ) | ||||
| @@ -10423,10 +10425,12 @@ evalcommand(union node *cmd, int flags) | ||||
| 	} | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	/* Print the command if xflag is set. */ | ||||
| 	if (xflag) { | ||||
| 	if (xflag && !inps4) { | ||||
| 		const char *pfx = ""; | ||||
|  | ||||
| 		inps4 = 1; | ||||
| 		fdprintf(preverrout_fd, "%s", expandstr(ps4val(), DQSYNTAX)); | ||||
| 		inps4 = 0; | ||||
|  | ||||
| 		sp = varlist.list; | ||||
| 		while (sp) { | ||||
| @@ -14323,6 +14327,7 @@ exitreset(void) | ||||
| 	} | ||||
| 	evalskip = 0; | ||||
| 	loopnest = 0; | ||||
| 	inps4 = 0; | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	/* from expand.c: */ | ||||
| 	ifsfree(); | ||||
|   | ||||
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