From 1ddab9c7b66237ea6dd429fb75e4c81247d88920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:12:50 +0100 Subject: Eliminate run-time system crash in code:load_abs/1 The run-time system would terminate if code:load_abs/1 was called with a filename containing any non-latin1 characters. The reason is that code_server would attempt to construct a module name from the filename using list_to_atom/1 and that atoms currently are limited to the latin1 character set. But how should the error be reported? I have decided to that the simplest and least confusing way is to move the call to list_to_atom/1 to 'code' module and let it crash the calling process. The resulting stack back trace will make it clear what the reason for the crash was. --- lib/kernel/src/code.erl | 4 +++- lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl | 9 ++------- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl index 352c02562b..7d0102d4ef 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl @@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ ensure_loaded(Mod) when is_atom(Mod) -> %% XXX File as an atom is allowed only for backwards compatibility. -spec load_abs(Filename) -> load_ret() when Filename :: file:filename(). -load_abs(File) when is_list(File); is_atom(File) -> call({load_abs,File,[]}). +load_abs(File) when is_list(File); is_atom(File) -> + Mod = list_to_atom(filename:basename(File)), + call({load_abs,File,Mod}). %% XXX Filename is also an atom(), e.g. 'cover_compiled' -spec load_abs(Filename :: loaded_filename(), Module :: module()) -> load_ret(). diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl index e461c95d19..614219794c 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ handle_call(get_path, {_From,_Tag}, S) -> {reply,S#state.path,S}; %% Messages to load, delete and purge modules/files. -handle_call({load_abs,File,Mod}, Caller, S) -> +handle_call({load_abs,File,Mod}, Caller, S) when is_atom(Mod) -> case modp(File) of false -> {reply,{error,badarg},S}; @@ -1222,15 +1222,10 @@ modp(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> true; modp(List) when is_list(List) -> int_list(List); modp(_) -> false. -load_abs(File, Mod0, Caller, St) -> +load_abs(File, Mod, Caller, St) -> Ext = objfile_extension(), FileName0 = lists:concat([File, Ext]), FileName = absname(FileName0), - Mod = if Mod0 =:= [] -> - list_to_atom(filename:basename(FileName0, Ext)); - true -> - Mod0 - end, case erl_prim_loader:get_file(FileName) of {ok,Bin,_} -> try_load_module(FileName, Mod, Bin, Caller, St); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 28f7a47ab4d533cc72090484eb3a7e5713fa58bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:56:59 +0100 Subject: code: Correct the types for error returns The specifications for functions that load code in the 'code' module (e.g. code:load_file/1) have some problems: * The specs claim that the functions can return {error,on_load}, but they never do. However, they can return {error,on_load_failure} if the -on_load function in a module fails. * The specs claim that the functions can return {error,native_code}, but they never do. While we are it, also extend the on_load_errors/1 test case to test that the load functions return {error,on_load_failure} when an -on_load function fails. --- lib/kernel/src/code.erl | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl index 7d0102d4ef..7237550786 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl @@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ %%---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -type load_error_rsn() :: 'badfile' - | 'native_code' | 'nofile' | 'not_purged' - | 'on_load' + | 'on_load_failure' | 'sticky_directory'. -type load_ret() :: {'error', What :: load_error_rsn()} | {'module', Module :: module()}. @@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ load_file(Mod) when is_atom(Mod) -> -spec ensure_loaded(Module) -> {module, Module} | {error, What} when Module :: module(), - What :: embedded | badfile | native_code | nofile | on_load. + What :: embedded | badfile | nofile | on_load_failure. ensure_loaded(Mod) when is_atom(Mod) -> call({ensure_loaded,Mod}). -- cgit v1.2.3