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Date:      Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:33:28 -0600
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org,  Jitendra Bhati <bhatijitendra2022@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: git: e03ed9daeb49 - main - fts: refactor to use fd-relative operations internally
Message-ID:  <CAOtMX2jZrVJDr0sabgu7%2BE0YUn2aOG7sZuaZQd1K7fiDipejyQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <88c10bd6-0c00-4033-98d2-f910b466efc8@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <6a3a9e2c.1d985.79db71af@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <88c10bd6-0c00-4033-98d2-f910b466efc8@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On 6/23/26 7:54 AM, Alan Somers wrote:
> > The branch main has been updated by asomers:
> >
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e03ed9daeb49fffa1d16b8d00240c65e92650d01
> >
> > commit e03ed9daeb49fffa1d16b8d00240c65e92650d01
> > Author:     Jitendra Bhati <bhatijitendra2022@gmail.com>
> > AuthorDate: 2026-06-12 17:07:55 +0000
> > Commit:     Alan Somers <asomers@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2026-06-23 14:53:56 +0000
> >
> >      fts: refactor to use fd-relative operations internally
> >
> >      Replace all _open() calls with _openat() in __fts_open(), fts_read(),
> >      and fts_children().
> >
> >      Add fts_dirfd to FTSENT. Callers can use
> >      openat(ent->fts_dirfd, ent->fts_name, ...) to access files
> >      safely without relying on fts_accpath, which enables:
> >
> >      1. Capsicum capability mode where path-based operations fail
> >      2. Security-sensitive programs that avoid TOCTOU races
> >
> >      Replace statfs(ent->fts_path) with _fstatfs(ent->fts_dirfd) in
> >      fts_ufslinks() when fts_dirfd is valid, falling back to statfs() for
> >      root-level entries where fts_dirfd is -1
> >
> >      This is a preparatory change for fts_openat() which will allow
> >      callers to provide a pre-opened directory fd, enabling fts(3)
> >      traversal inside Capsicum capability mode.
> >
> >      Sponsored by:   Google LLC (GSoC 2026)
> >      Reviewed by:    asomers, jillest
> >      MFC after:      2 weeks
> >      Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2278
> Someone on IRC reported they bisected a Poudriere breakage to this commit.

Really?  I'd be interested to see that log.  Also, Jitendra is already
working on the fix.


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