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inability to use realpath in chroot/container without procfs access and at early boot prior to mount of /proc has been an ongoing issue, and it turns out realpath was one of the last remaining interfaces that needed procfs for its core functionality. during investigation while reimplementing, it was determined that there were also serious problems with the procfs-based implementation. most seriously it was unsafe on pre-O_PATH kernels, and unlike other places where O_PATH was used, the unsafety was hard or impossible to fix because O_NOFOLLOW can't be used (since the whole purpose was to follow symlinks). the new implementation is a direct one, performing readlink on each path component to resolve it. an explicit stack, as opposed to recursion, is used to represent the remaining components to be processed. the stack starts out holding just the input string, and reading a link pushes the link contents onto the stack. unlike many other implementations, this one does not call getcwd initially for relative pathnames. instead it accumulates initial .. components to be applied to the working directory if the result is still a relative path. this avoids calling getcwd (which may fail) at all when symlink traversal will eventually yield an absolute path. it also doesn't use any form of stat operation; instead it arranges for readlink to tell it when a non-directory is used in a context where a directory is needed. this minimizes the number of syscalls needed, avoids accessing inodes when the directory table suffices, and reduces the amount of code pulled in for static linking.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/