Bug #11269
closedruby_init_setproctitle() should be called before require_libraries()
Description
We have come across an issue where setproctitle
fails to use the whole length of the process's initial environment. It turns out that this is because modules loaded using -r
are processed before ruby_init_setproctitle()
. This is easily reproducible using bundler, given the following test script under Linux:
File.open('/proc/self/cmdline') do |f|
@argv_len = f.read.size
end
File.open('/proc/self/environ') do |f|
@env_len = f.read.size
end
total = @argv_len + @env_len
$0 = 'a' * (total + 2) # should not overflow
File.open('/proc/self/environ') do |f|
env = f.read
puts env
puts env.size
end
Calling the script directly, we see that setproctitle works correctly:
$ env -i A_VAR=some_value PATH=/bin:/usr/bin ruby test.rb
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
36
In this case setproctitle correctly overwrites the whole environment space available. However, if we require bundler/setup
(which is what bundle exec
essentially does), the following happens:
$ env -i A_VAR=some_value PATH=/bin:/usr/bin ruby -rbundler/setup test.rb
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaPATH=/bin:/usr/bin
36
This is because require 'bundler/setup'
is processed before ruby_init_setproctitle()
is called and attempts to manipulate PATH
. While doing so, the new PATH
string is allocated on the heap and the original pointer in environ
replaced, thus breaking ruby_init_setproctitle()
's expectation to find a contiguous environment block.
Perhaps ruby_init_setproctitle()
can be called before process_options()
, so that it can process the environment block before a library gets a chance of modifying it.
Updated by kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI) over 8 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Assigned
- Assignee set to kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI)
I agree.
I'll take a look.
Updated by jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans) 3 months ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Closed
Applied in changeset git|347993e95c4604d6c9460b64bb28c9b4f442531c.
Call ruby_init_setproctitle before process_options
Fixes [Bug #11269]