git: 99d295e471bc - main - realpath: Improve prev_len logic

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:26:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by des:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=99d295e471bc362a7927047c89472e1ee2d0da6b

commit 99d295e471bc362a7927047c89472e1ee2d0da6b
Author:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-03-19 01:26:16 +0000
Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-19 01:26:34 +0000

    realpath: Improve prev_len logic
    
    * Save prev_len after having checked for and appended a trailing slash,
      not before.  This requires us to back up if we end up returning a
      partial result, but previously we would sometimes return a partial
      result with a trailing slash and sometimes without.
    
    * Replace strlcat() with a faster strlcpy() since we know exactly how
      far into the buffer we are.
    
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   Klara, Inc.
    Reviewed by:    kevans
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55914
---
 lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
index 18f29e95ee6b..9dc0cc4d3dd4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
 			left_len = 0;
 		}
 
-		prev_len = resolved_len;
 		if (resolved[resolved_len - 1] != '/') {
 			if (resolved_len + 1 >= PATH_MAX) {
 				errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
@@ -129,7 +128,9 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
 		/*
 		 * Append the next path component and lstat() it.
 		 */
-		resolved_len = strlcat(resolved, next_token, PATH_MAX);
+		prev_len = resolved_len;
+		resolved_len += strlcpy(resolved + prev_len, next_token,
+		    PATH_MAX - prev_len);
 		if (resolved_len >= PATH_MAX) {
 			errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
 			return (NULL);
@@ -141,8 +142,11 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
 			 * directory is not a directory.  Rewind the path
 			 * to correctly indicate where the error lies.
 			 */
-			if (errno == EACCES || errno == ENOTDIR)
+			if (errno == EACCES || errno == ENOTDIR) {
+				if (prev_len > 1)
+					prev_len--;
 				resolved[prev_len] = '\0';
+			}
 			return (NULL);
 		}
 		if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode)) {