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shell(rm): refuse a . or .. operand under -r before the walk starts - #47985
Verified: test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts (39 of 57 fail on main), all of test/js/bun/shell/commands/. Self-reviewed: 11 concerns raised, 11 addressed.
Background
Each operand is a DirTask on the thread pool. The OnDir::Recurse arm starts its walk when unlinkat returns EISDIR.
A directory operand under -r runs 36 to 68 more instructions. Release text: +256 bytes.
Notes
Repro (Linux x64. 1.3.13, 1.4.2 and a release build of main b1007f1 give the same results):
import{$}from"bun";constoutDir="dist";// a directory that existsawait$`rm -rf ${outDir}/..`;// exit 0, no output, the cwd is emptied
mkdir -p t/w/d && touch t/keep t/w/f t/w/d/g && cd t/w
bun exec 'rm -rf d/..' # exit 0, no output, the cwd is emptied (partly, when it holds more directories)
bun exec 'rm -r ..' # exit 1, "rm: ..: Directory not empty", t is emptied
bun exec 'rm -rf .' # exit 1, "rm: .: Invalid argument", the cwd is emptied
bun exec 'rm -rf d/.' # exit 1, "rm: d/.: Invalid argument", d is emptied
GNU rm 9.7 refuses all four and removes nothing. With this PR each line prints rm: <operand>: Invalid argument, exits 1 and removes nothing. The same holds for ./, .//, ../, d/./, d/../. and for an operand behind a symlink (d/link/., d/link/..).
Where the operand comes from. No user filed an issue about it. A comparison with GNU rm found it. Two lines on the tracker have the shape:
The clean script in bun shell rm -rf does not work on windows #13523 (an issue about Windows) splits a list that has a double space. So one iteration runs rm -rf .//. Run as posted on Linux, it leaves the project directory empty, .git included, on 1.3.13, 1.4.2 and main. With this PR it stops at rm: .//: Invalid argument.
The / check. The root check in Rm::next (rm.rs:171) compares text. link/. passes it when link is a symlink to /, and the walk then starts at /. This is read from the code and was not run. With this PR rm refuses the operand before it opens the directory.
Entry points.$, bun exec, and package.json scripts that the Bun shell runs. These are --shell=bun, [run] shell = "bun", and lifecycle scripts on an image with no POSIX shell. Such an image runs them through bun exec (src/install/lifecycle_script_runner.rs:328).
Unchanged lines.rm -rf missing/. exits 0 with no output. rm -r missing/. prints No such file or directory. rm -r f/. (a file) prints Not a directory. rm . prints Is a directory. rm -d e/. prints Invalid argument from the rmdir. Names such as ..., ..b, a. and (on POSIX) x\. are removed.
The rule and the message are a maintainer's choice. GNU rm refuses only an operand that its walk found as a directory. This PR has that rule. Its message is the errno text that main already prints for rm -rf . after it empties the directory. BSD rm refuses by spelling before any syscall (rm: "." and ".." may not be removed), and so did #34906. The text rule changes rm -rf missing/. (exit 0 today) to exit 1.
Measurements (release builds of main b1007f1 and of this PR, Linux x64, gdb):
rm -r . over {f, d/g}: 1 unlinkat call, 0 entries removed (main: 5 calls, 3 removed). No lstat added: newfstatat and statx are 0 on both builds.
Directory operand under -r: +36 instructions (dist), +68 (node_modules), once per operand. Counted from the return of its unlinkat to the openat of the walk.
File operand, entry to return of DirTask::run_from_thread_pool_impl: 3,179 instructions on both builds. Missing operand: 9,711 (main: 9,693 to 9,806 over 3 runs).
The check runs for 2 of the 3 operands of rm -rf x y f (directories only).
Release text (size): 140,289,307 to 140,289,563 bytes (+256).
A directory beside a refused operand. rm stops every other walk at the first error (error_signal). The refusal now comes before any walk. No error line names the other directory. A missing operand does the same on main: rm -r b missing leaves b partly removed in 98 of 100 runs. A file operand is always removed (300 of 300 runs, both orders, both builds). Runs in which b is fully removed:
mode
entries in a and in b
rm -rf b a/.
rm -rf a/. b
one bun exec per run, 100 runs
3
95 (main 100)
0 (main 0)
one bun exec per run, 100 runs
24
0 (main 55)
0 (main 45)
$ in one process, 300 runs
24
0 (main 258)
0 (main 57)
$ in one process, 300 runs
458
0 (main 184)
0 (main 130)
With this PR b stays whole in most runs when a/. is first. It is partly removed in most runs when b is first. On main a is emptied in every run.
Other platforms. What main does there is read from the code and was not run. CI ran the tests of this PR on both.
macOS: for ., main already returns before it iterates. The comment that this PR removes from the Robustness pass across install, css, ffi, crypto, spawn, shell, and node compat #36165 test says so. rm tries an rmdir of a directory operand first there, and the kernel refuses .. For .. the result of that rmdir depends on the file system. The guard covers the case where it reports ENOTEMPTY. The tests check the message text on Linux only.
Windows: unlinkat passes . and .. to NtCreateFile as literal names (src/sys/lib.rs:4184) and NT rejects them. So no walk starts on main, and rm has nothing to refuse (bun shell rm -rf does not work on windows #13523). The tests check there only that nothing is removed.
Suites. Debug build with ASAN, Linux x64: test/js/bun/shell/commands/ (225 pass, 34 skip), bunshell.test.ts (464 pass), epipe.test.ts, test/regression/issue/14945-lifecycle-script-crash.test.ts, test/js/web/workers/worker-late-completion.test.ts. With src/ at main, rm.test.ts fails 39 of 57. bun run rust:check-all passes for 12 of 12 targets. CI (build 137823) ran rm.test.ts on every lane, and it passes on each: Debian, Ubuntu and Alpine on x64 and aarch64, the ASAN lane, macOS x64 and aarch64 (57 pass), Windows x64 and aarch64 (39 pass, 12 skip).
Self-review. 11 concerns raised, 11 addressed. One part was not taken: the platform notes stay in this block, not in the visible body.
no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts
On Linux, `rm -r` walked an operand whose last component is `.` or `..`
and removed what is in it. Only the rmdir of the operand itself failed,
after that. `rm -rf d/..` emptied the shell cwd and exited 0. `rm -r ..`
emptied the parent of the shell cwd.
An operand enters the walk only through the `OnDir::Recurse` arm, after
its own unlink called it a directory. That arm now returns EINVAL for an
operand that ends in `.` or `..`, so rm removes nothing below it.
Reproduced on Linux x64 with Bun 1.3.13, Bun 1.4.2 and a release build of main b1007f1:
mkdir -p t/w/d && touch t/keep t/w/f t/w/d/g && cd t/w
bun exec 'rm -rf d/..'; echo $? # 0, no output, the cwd is emptied
With this branch the line prints rm: d/..: Invalid argument, exits 1 and removes nothing. test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts fails 39 of 57 tests with src/ at main and passes with this branch (debug build with ASAN).
CI, build 137823: the diff is green. rm.test.ts passes on every lane:
Linux: Debian, Ubuntu and Alpine on x64 and aarch64, and the ASAN lane (57 pass).
macOS x64 and aarch64 (57 pass).
Windows x64 and aarch64 (39 pass, 12 skip).
The build is red for 29 test files that this PR does not touch: 28 under test/aot/, and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. The CI helper (bun run ci:errors) marks all 29 as failing in the final builds of recently merged PRs too. The other failures passed on a retry.
Recursive rm now rejects directory operands whose final component is . or ... Tests verify that these operands leave directory contents intact and cover related command behavior across platforms.
RemoveFileVTable::on_dir returns an EINVAL/rmdir error for recursive operands ending in . or ... Tests cover tree preservation, diagnostics, exit codes, multiple operands, and platform-specific behavior.
oven-sh/bun#47689 — Changes how shell rm continues other directory walks after a failure, which affects handling of other operands when the new refusal occurs.
oven-sh/bun#47904 — Also rejects recursive rm operands ending in . or .. and preserves missing-operand behavior with -f; it also changes operand ordering.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner
Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Merge Risk: Low · up to b9831
The guard prevents destructive traversal of dot operands, but refusing one operand can also leave another directory partly or wholly undeleted. This is a bounded correctness issue with a separate-command workaround; isolate operand cancellation and add directory coverage.
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Add coverage for a nonempty directory after a refused operand.
The current cases do not detect whether a refused d/. stops an independent recursive directory operand. Add a case that asserts the directory contents are removed, and make the cancellation ordering deterministic without relying on repeated attempts or timing.
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Review comment at @test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts around lines 509 - 511:
The `rm -rf` cases for refused `d/.` only verify an independent file operand;
add coverage showing that a nonempty directory operand is still removed when it
follows the refusal. In the `rm.test.ts` command cases, make cancellation
ordering deterministic without repeated attempts or timing dependencies, and
assert the directory contents are gone while preserving the refused-operand
error and exit status.
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Review comments at @src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs:
- Around line 1659-1660: Update the `d/.` operand error path that returns
`EINVAL` with `Tag::rmdir` so it records and reports the operand error without
setting the shared cancellation signal. Allow traversal of independent operands
such as `other` to continue and complete.
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Review comments at @test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts:
- Around line 509-511: The `rm -rf` cases for refused `d/.` only verify an
independent file operand; add coverage showing that a nonempty directory operand
is still removed when it follows the refusal. In the `rm.test.ts` command cases,
make cancellation ordering deterministic without repeated attempts or timing
dependencies, and assert the directory contents are gone while preserving the
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rm.test.ts:509, a row for a directory next to a refused operand: not added. The other directory is a second pool task. The refusal raises the shared flag while that walk runs, so the result depends on timing. In 100 runs of rm -rf b a/., b is partly removed in 99 and whole in 1. A row cannot assert that without a repeat or a wait. The rows rm -rf d/. f and rm -rf f d/. assert the part that does not depend on timing: rm always removes a file operand. shell(rm): take the operands in command-line order from one pool task #47904 has the directory row (rm -rf a/. b), because each operand has its own error flag there.
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Problem
rm -rwalks an operand that ends in.or...rm -rf ${dir}/..empties the cwd and exits 0 with no output.remove_entry,src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs:935). Only the lastrmdirfails.rm -rf .//and removes its project on Linux.Fix
-r, theOnDir::Recursearm ofRemoveFileVTable::on_dirreturnsEINVAL:rm: d/..: Invalid argument, exit 1, nothing removed.unlinkatcalled it a directory.rm -rf missing/.still exits 0, as in GNU rm.rm -rf .had to empty the cwd.test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts(39 of 57 fail on main), all oftest/js/bun/shell/commands/. Self-reviewed: 11 concerns raised, 11 addressed.Background
DirTaskon the thread pool. TheOnDir::Recursearm starts its walk whenunlinkatreturnsEISDIR.lstatbefore theunlinkat(shell(rm): take the operands in command-line order from one pool task #47904, also refuses on Windows). Weighed refusal by spelling (shell(rm): refuse '.' and '..' operands instead of emptying the directory #34906, closed as stale):rm -rf missing/.exits 1. A maintainer can choose either, or GNU's message text.Downsides
rm -rf .no longer empties the cwd on Linux. macOS already refuses.(Robustness pass across install, css, ffi, crypto, spawn, shell, and node compat #36165 test).rm -rf b a/.removes all ofbin 0 of 100 runs (main: 55). shell(rm): go on to the remaining files after an error and report each failure #47689 and shell(rm): take the operands in command-line order from one pool task #47904 change that.-rruns 36 to 68 more instructions. Release text: +256 bytes.Notes
Repro (Linux x64. 1.3.13, 1.4.2 and a release build of main b1007f1 give the same results):
GNU rm 9.7 refuses all four and removes nothing. With this PR each line prints
rm: <operand>: Invalid argument, exits 1 and removes nothing. The same holds for./,.//,../,d/./,d/../.and for an operand behind a symlink (d/link/.,d/link/..).Where the operand comes from. No user filed an issue about it. A comparison with GNU rm found it. Two lines on the tracker have the shape:
rm -rf .//. Run as posted on Linux, it leaves the project directory empty,.gitincluded, on 1.3.13, 1.4.2 and main. With this PR it stops atrm: .//: Invalid argument.rm -rf d/link/..withd/link -> ../other/sub, from a report that a maintainer forwarded. The report is quoted in shell: hand mkdir/touch/cp operands to the kernel as written #41903 and shell(rm): resolve every entry relative to the directory fd the walk holds #41842. Main removesd/c.txt. With this PR rm refuses the operand and removes nothing.The
/check. The root check inRm::next(rm.rs:171) compares text.link/.passes it whenlinkis a symlink to/, and the walk then starts at/. This is read from the code and was not run. With this PR rm refuses the operand before it opens the directory.Entry points.
$,bun exec, and package.json scripts that the Bun shell runs. These are--shell=bun,[run] shell = "bun", and lifecycle scripts on an image with no POSIX shell. Such an image runs them throughbun exec(src/install/lifecycle_script_runner.rs:328).Unchanged lines.
rm -rf missing/.exits 0 with no output.rm -r missing/.printsNo such file or directory.rm -r f/.(a file) printsNot a directory.rm .printsIs a directory.rm -d e/.printsInvalid argumentfrom thermdir. Names such as...,..b,a.and (on POSIX)x\.are removed.The rule and the message are a maintainer's choice. GNU rm refuses only an operand that its walk found as a directory. This PR has that rule. Its message is the errno text that main already prints for
rm -rf .after it empties the directory. BSD rm refuses by spelling before any syscall (rm: "." and ".." may not be removed), and so did #34906. The text rule changesrm -rf missing/.(exit 0 today) to exit 1.Measurements (release builds of main b1007f1 and of this PR, Linux x64, gdb):
rm -r .over {f, d/g}: 1unlinkatcall, 0 entries removed (main: 5 calls, 3 removed). Nolstatadded:newfstatatandstatxare 0 on both builds.rm -rf x(4 entries): 6unlinkatcalls, 0newfstatat(main: 6, 0).-r: +36 instructions (dist), +68 (node_modules), once per operand. Counted from the return of itsunlinkatto theopenatof the walk.DirTask::run_from_thread_pool_impl: 3,179 instructions on both builds. Missing operand: 9,711 (main: 9,693 to 9,806 over 3 runs).rm -rf x y f(directories only).size): 140,289,307 to 140,289,563 bytes (+256).A directory beside a refused operand. rm stops every other walk at the first error (
error_signal). The refusal now comes before any walk. No error line names the other directory. A missing operand does the same on main:rm -r b missingleavesbpartly removed in 98 of 100 runs. A file operand is always removed (300 of 300 runs, both orders, both builds). Runs in whichbis fully removed:aand inbrm -rf b a/.rm -rf a/. bbun execper run, 100 runsbun execper run, 100 runs$in one process, 300 runs$in one process, 300 runsWith this PR
bstays whole in most runs whena/.is first. It is partly removed in most runs whenbis first. On mainais emptied in every run.Other platforms. What main does there is read from the code and was not run. CI ran the tests of this PR on both.
., main already returns before it iterates. The comment that this PR removes from the Robustness pass across install, css, ffi, crypto, spawn, shell, and node compat #36165 test says so. rm tries anrmdirof a directory operand first there, and the kernel refuses.. For..the result of thatrmdirdepends on the file system. The guard covers the case where it reportsENOTEMPTY. The tests check the message text on Linux only.unlinkatpasses.and..toNtCreateFileas literal names (src/sys/lib.rs:4184) and NT rejects them. So no walk starts on main, and rm has nothing to refuse (bun shell rm -rf does not work on windows #13523). The tests check there only that nothing is removed.Related PRs and order.
lstat, which also refuses on Windows. It keeps that copy until one of the two PRs merges. Then the other rebases and one guard stays. If this PR merges first, the block of shell(rm): take the operands in command-line order from one pool task #47904 returns before these nine lines. Its rebase then removes one of the two. If shell(rm): take the operands in command-line order from one pool task #47904 merges first, this PR closes..and..in the Windowsunlinkat. After it, these operands reach this arm on Windows. This guard must be on main before it.Not fixed here.
rm -rf f/.for a filefexits 1 withNot a directory(GNU rm exits 0). Main does the same.rm -rf link/../dirwithlink -> ../o/subnameso/dir. Main and this PR remove the files of./dirin its place. shell(rm): resolve every entry relative to the directory fd the walk holds #41842, shell: address recursive rm deletions relative to open parent directory fds #31337 and shell rm: perform the recursive walk relative to opened directory fds #36176 change the walk to directory fds.Suites. Debug build with ASAN, Linux x64:
test/js/bun/shell/commands/(225 pass, 34 skip),bunshell.test.ts(464 pass),epipe.test.ts,test/regression/issue/14945-lifecycle-script-crash.test.ts,test/js/web/workers/worker-late-completion.test.ts. Withsrc/at main,rm.test.tsfails 39 of 57.bun run rust:check-allpasses for 12 of 12 targets. CI (build 137823) ranrm.test.tson every lane, and it passes on each: Debian, Ubuntu and Alpine on x64 and aarch64, the ASAN lane, macOS x64 and aarch64 (57 pass), Windows x64 and aarch64 (39 pass, 12 skip).Self-review. 11 concerns raised, 11 addressed. One part was not taken: the platform notes stay in this block, not in the visible body.
no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts