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Subject:    Re: Review Request: Fix for stale permissions information in properties dialog
From:       "David Faure" <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2013-01-02 15:38:05
Message-ID: 20130102153805.13054.95662 () vidsolbach ! de
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> On Dec. 28, 2011, 7:37 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/kdirlister.cpp, line 1078
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103555/diff/1/?file=44960#file44960line1078>
> > 
> > Yes, but changing permissions is only one case for ending up here. The most \
> > common case is that KDirWatch (in Stat mode) notifies us that a directory has \
> > changed because files have been created in it, or deleted, etc. In that case we \
> > do want to make the directory as dirty, not its parent. I guess that means we \
> > need to do both, mark the parent and the directory itself, as dirty. Sucks for \
> > performance, though. The real issue is that KDirWatch's dirty() signal is pretty \
> > unspecific. 
> > Ah, I know. This is called by KDirWatch so it's local only, no networ \
> > transparency. So we should just clear the permissions/owner in the KFileItem for \
> > the directory, they'll be re-determined on demand by KFileItem.
> 
> Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> > Yes, but changing permissions is only one case for ending up here. The most \
> > common case is that KDirWatch (in Stat mode) notifies us that a directory has \
> > changed > because files have been created in it, or deleted, etc. In that case we \
> > do want to make the directory as dirty, not its parent.
> 
> Yes, I got that. But when an item in a given directory is renamed, deleted or \
> created, slotFileDirty is invoked with the path set to that directory and not the \
> specific file or directory that was modified. IOW if I have a directory called \
> "Test" that contains two items, a directory named "New Folder" and a file named \
> "New File.txt", then when either one of those two items are renamed or deleted or a \
> third item is created the parameter to slotFileDirty is the full path to "Test". \
> However, if I simply touch or change permission on either one of those items, then \
> the parameter to slotFileDirty is set to the full path for "Test/New Folder" or \
> "Test/New File.txt". 
> Everything works fine except when you change permissions or timestamp on the child \
> directory, i.e "New Folder". In that case because the parameter passed to \
> slotFileDirty is the full path to the directory that was modified, "Test/New \
> Folder", the call to updateDirectory, called from handleDirtyDir, does nothing. Why \
> ? The call to checkUpdate always returns false since "New Folder" is in neither \
> itemsInUse nor itemsCached containers. 
> Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> @David: Tried this approach, i.e. calling refresh on the changed directory's \
> KFileItem if it is not in the cache, but it did not seem to work for me. I am sure \
> I am doing it wrong. Here is what I changed my patch into: 
> if (!itemsInUse.contains(url.path()) && !itemsCached.contains(url.path())) {
> KFileItem* item = findByUrl(0, url);
> if (item) {
> kDebug(7004) << "*** Refreshing" << item;
> item->refresh();
> return;
> }
> }
> 
> But that does not seem to work. The code path is definitely hit called because the \
> debug statement is printed out on the command line.

Oh, I forgot to answer this (ouch, exactly a year ago already).

Your testing is based on the inotify backend. When using "stat" (due to no inotify \
support -- for instance on non-linux systems, or over NFS), slotFileDirty isn't \
emitted. All that KDirWatch can find out is that "something changed inside directory \
<parent>".

As in your more recent patch, the condition inside the if() is wrong, the if() will \
always pass since these contain urls, not paths.

Refreshing the item might have the problem that whichever code looks into the item \
later on, is working on a copy. KDirLister needs to call emitRefreshedItems in order \
to let the world know about the modified item.


- David


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On Dec. 29, 2012, 8:31 p.m., Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
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> (Updated Dec. 29, 2012, 8:31 p.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for kdelibs and David Faure.
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> If you open a directory that contains other directories in Konqueror or Dolphin, \
> change the permission of one of these directories from outside, say the command \
> line, and right click on the same directory to look at the permission tab in the \
> properties dialog, you will see that the permission change has not been updated. \
> This patch addresses that bug. 
> 
> This addresses bug 173733.
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173733
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
> kio/kio/kdirlister.cpp ec3d622 
> 
> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103555/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> 1. In konsole, create a test directory within another test directory:
> mkdir -p test/test1
> 
> 2. Open Dolphin or Konqueror and navigate to the top newly created directory, i.e. \
> test. 
> 3. In konsole, cd into the first test directory:
> cd test
> 
> 4. In konsole, change the permission of 'test1' from konsole. For example,
> chmod go-rx
> 
> 5. In the open Dolphin or Konqueror, right click on "test1", select properties and \
> click on permission tab. 
> 6. Validate whether or not the permission shown in the GUI matches what you get in \
> the command line. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dawit Alemayehu
> 
> 


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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On December 28th, 2011, 7:37 a.m., <b>David \
Faure</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
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   <td colspan="4"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">void \
KDirListerCache::slotFileDirty( const QString&amp; path )</pre></td>

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width="50%"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">        <span \
class="c1">// (read: parent) directory dirty. Not the one whose permission \
changed.</span></pre></td>  </tr>

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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Yes, but changing \
permissions is only one case for ending up here. The most common case is that \
KDirWatch (in Stat mode) notifies us that a directory has changed because files have \
been created in it, or deleted, etc. In that case we do want to make the directory as \
dirty, not its parent. I guess that means we need to do both, mark the parent and the \
directory itself, as dirty. Sucks for performance, though. The real issue is that \
KDirWatch&#39;s dirty() signal is pretty unspecific.

Ah, I know. This is called by KDirWatch so it&#39;s local only, no networ \
transparency. So we should just clear the permissions/owner in the KFileItem for the \
directory, they&#39;ll be re-determined on demand by KFileItem.</pre>  </blockquote>



 <p>On December 28th, 2011, 4:49 p.m., <b>Dawit Alemayehu</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">&gt; Yes, but changing \
permissions is only one case for ending up here. The most common case is that \
KDirWatch (in Stat mode) notifies us that a directory has changed &gt; because files \
have been created in it, or deleted, etc. In that case we do want to make the \
directory as dirty, not its parent.

Yes, I got that. But when an item in a given directory is renamed, deleted or \
created, slotFileDirty is invoked with the path set to that directory and not the \
specific file or directory that was modified. IOW if I have a directory called \
&quot;Test&quot; that contains two items, a directory named &quot;New Folder&quot; \
and a file named &quot;New File.txt&quot;, then when either one of those two items \
are renamed or deleted or a third item is created the parameter to slotFileDirty is \
the full path to &quot;Test&quot;. However, if I simply touch or change permission on \
either one of those items, then the parameter to slotFileDirty is set to the full \
path for &quot;Test/New Folder&quot; or &quot;Test/New File.txt&quot;.

Everything works fine except when you change permissions or timestamp on the child \
directory, i.e &quot;New Folder&quot;. In that case because the parameter passed to \
slotFileDirty is the full path to the directory that was modified, &quot;Test/New \
Folder&quot;, the call to updateDirectory, called from handleDirtyDir, does nothing. \
Why ? The call to checkUpdate always returns false since &quot;New Folder&quot; is in \
neither itemsInUse nor itemsCached containers.</pre>  </blockquote>





 <p>On January 2nd, 2012, 8:56 p.m., <b>Dawit Alemayehu</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">@David: Tried this \
approach, i.e. calling refresh on the changed directory&#39;s KFileItem if it is not \
in the cache, but it did not seem to work for me. I am sure I am doing it wrong. Here \
is what I changed my patch into:

if (!itemsInUse.contains(url.path()) &amp;&amp; !itemsCached.contains(url.path())) {
    KFileItem* item = findByUrl(0, url);
    if (item) {
        kDebug(7004) &lt;&lt; &quot;*** Refreshing&quot; &lt;&lt; item;
        item-&gt;refresh();
        return;
    }
}

But that does not seem to work. The code path is definitely hit called because the \
debug statement is printed out on the command line.</pre>  </blockquote>







</blockquote>
<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Oh, I \
forgot to answer this (ouch, exactly a year ago already).

Your testing is based on the inotify backend. When using &quot;stat&quot; (due to no \
inotify support -- for instance on non-linux systems, or over NFS), slotFileDirty \
isn&#39;t emitted. All that KDirWatch can find out is that &quot;something changed \
inside directory &lt;parent&gt;&quot;.

As in your more recent patch, the condition inside the if() is wrong, the if() will \
always pass since these contain urls, not paths.

Refreshing the item might have the problem that whichever code looks into the item \
later on, is working on a copy. KDirLister needs to call emitRefreshedItems in order \
to let the world know about the modified item. </pre>
<br />




<p>- David</p>


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<div>Review request for kdelibs and David Faure.</div>
<div>By Dawit Alemayehu.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Dec. 29, 2012, 8:31 p.m.</i></p>






<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
 <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" \
style="border: 1px solid #b8b5a0">  <tr>
  <td>
   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">If you open a directory that contains other directories in Konqueror or \
Dolphin, change the permission of one of these directories from outside, say the \
command line, and right click on the same directory to look at the permission tab in \
the properties dialog, you will see that the permission change has not been updated. \
This patch addresses that bug.</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
<table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" style="border: \
1px solid #b8b5a0">  <tr>
  <td>
   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">1. In konsole, create a test directory within another test directory:  \
mkdir -p test/test1

2. Open Dolphin or Konqueror and navigate to the top newly created directory, i.e. \
test.  
3. In konsole, cd into the first test directory:
     cd test

4. In konsole, change the permission of &#39;test1&#39; from konsole. For example,
     chmod go-rx

5. In the open Dolphin or Konqueror, right click on &quot;test1&quot;, select \
properties and click on permission tab.

6. Validate whether or not the permission shown in the GUI matches what you get in \
the command line.</pre>  </td>
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<div style="margin-top: 1.5em;">
 <b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Bugs: </b>


 <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173733">173733</a>


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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
<ul style="margin-left: 3em; padding-left: 0;">

 <li>kio/kio/kdirlister.cpp <span style="color: grey">(ec3d622)</span></li>

</ul>

<p><a href="http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103555/diff/" style="margin-left: \
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