Make the cache tests fail when either check is removed

Neither half of the validation was covered. Dropping `&& -c $cached` from the wrapper left the whole file green: all three poison values fail on the pathname prefix, so none of them ever reached the character-device test. A path that matches the hiddev glob but is not a device now covers it, and it is the real case rather than a synthetic one -- the display replugs, the interface renumbers, and the cached node is gone. It is added only when the host has no such node, so a machine with the display attached cannot fail there spuriously.

The no-XDG_RUNTIME_DIR assertion had the same problem for the opposite reason: its decoy held a path the validation rejects on its own, so restoring the `${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}` fallback left it passing. It asserts on the open now instead of on the contents -- a FIFO with no writer blocks whoever opens it, so a wrapper that consults the path hangs and one that ignores it exits. mkfifo is atomic and fails outright if the path is taken, so it still neither overwrites a file nor follows a symlink at the fixed path.

Clearing created_tmp_cache as soon as the decoy is removed keeps this run's EXIT trap from deleting a concurrent run's decoy at the same fixed path, which would have let that run pass against the old code.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Codex XHigh <noreply@openai.com>
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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-08-27 21:40:31 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5 Codex XHigh
parent e53548fae2
commit 9d8c0176d1
@@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ cache_file="$xdg_dir/omarchy-brightness-display-apple.device"
regular_file="$TMPDIR/not-a-device"
: >"$regular_file"
for poison in "/dev/null" "$regular_file" "/tmp/omarchy-evil"; do
poisons=("/dev/null" "$regular_file" "/tmp/omarchy-evil")
# The cases above all fail on the pathname prefix, so none of them reaches the -c
# test -- drop `&& -c $cached` from the wrapper and they all still pass. A path
# that matches the hiddev glob but is not a character device is what -c is for,
# and it is the realistic stale cache: the display replugs, the interface
# renumbers, and the cached node is simply gone. Add it only when the host really
# has no such node, so a machine with the display attached cannot fail here.
if [[ ! -e /dev/hiddev999 ]]; then
poisons+=("/dev/hiddev999")
fi
for poison in "${poisons[@]}"; do
printf '%s\n' "$poison" >"$cache_file"
output=$(run_wrapper "$xdg_dir" "+5%")
if grep -qF -- "$poison -- +5%" "$asd_log"; then
@@ -91,10 +103,10 @@ for poison in "/dev/null" "$regular_file" "/tmp/omarchy-evil"; do
done
pass "wrapper rejects a cached path that is not a hiddev character device"
# NOTE: the complementary arm (a cache value that DOES match /dev/hiddev* but is
# not a character device) cannot be built without root -- only real device nodes
# live under /dev. It is covered by the -c test and exercised below only when a
# real hiddev node happens to be present.
# NOTE: the /dev/hiddev999 case above covers the -c test for a glob-matching path
# that does not exist. The remaining arm -- a path under /dev that exists, matches
# the glob, and is not a character device -- cannot be built without root, since
# only real device nodes live there.
# --- A legitimate cached hiddev node is trusted (only where HW is present) ----
real_hiddev=""
@@ -115,20 +127,25 @@ else
fi
# --- With no XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, the predictable /tmp cache is not consulted ------
# Create the decoy atomically with noclobber (O_EXCL) instead of check-then-create:
# this refuses to overwrite an existing file or follow a symlink at the fixed path,
# closing the TOCTOU/symlink race. The fixed path is required -- it is exactly the
# path the old code would have formed, so a decoy anywhere else would prove nothing.
# If the path is already taken, skip rather than touch it; the EXIT trap removes the
# decoy only when this test created it.
if ( set -C; printf '%s\n' "/dev/null" >"$tmp_cache" ) 2>/dev/null; then
# Assert on the open, not on the contents. A decoy holding a rejectable path proves
# nothing: the validation above refuses it whether or not the /tmp fallback is still
# there, so that assertion passes against both wrappers. A FIFO with no writer blocks
# whoever opens it, so a wrapper that consults the path hangs and one that ignores it
# exits -- which separates the two. mkfifo is atomic and fails outright if the path is
# taken, so it neither overwrites a file nor follows a symlink; the fixed path is
# required, being exactly the path the old code would have formed. Clear the flag as
# soon as the decoy is gone, so a concurrent run's decoy cannot be removed by this
# run's EXIT trap.
if mkfifo "$tmp_cache" 2>/dev/null; then
created_tmp_cache=1
output=$(run_wrapper "" "+5%")
used=1
grep -qF -- "/dev/null -- +5%" "$asd_log" || used=0
status=0
env -u XDG_RUNTIME_DIR PATH="$stub_dir:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
timeout 5 omarchy-brightness-display-apple "+5%" >/dev/null 2>&1 || status=$?
rm -f "$tmp_cache"
(( used == 0 )) ||
fail "wrapper consulted the world-writable /tmp cache with no XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "$output"
created_tmp_cache=0
(( status != 124 )) ||
fail "wrapper consulted the world-writable /tmp cache with no XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" \
"it blocked reading the FIFO decoy at $tmp_cache"
pass "wrapper ignores the /tmp cache path when XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is unset"
else
pass "$tmp_cache already present or not safely creatable; skipping the /tmp-fallback case"