Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:04:06 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/161917: pjdfstest doesn't detect setup/teardown failures properly Message-ID: <201110230604.p9N6463d058318@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201110230610.p9N6A7na079870@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 161917 >Category: misc >Synopsis: pjdfstest doesn't detect setup/teardown failures properly >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 23 06:10:07 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 9.x >Organization: n/a >Environment: FreeBSD akai-ntbk.local 9.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 #5 r225494M: Sun Sep 11 18:59:27 PDT 2011 root@akai-ntbk.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NETBOOK_NOSMP i386 >Description: Because the superuser requirement isn't properly tested today, one can clog up a production filesystem with garbage (example: mkfifo/11.t). I discovered over 5 million fifos in my UFS-based scratch directory prior to a backup and reinstall, because mdconfig / mount / umount operation [in general] requires superuser privileges, whereas mkfifo doesn't. >How-To-Repeat: Execute the following as a non-root user: cd tools/regression/pjdfstest make prove -r test >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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