fix(config-traits): open read-only config files without panicking - #305
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ChangesRead-only configuration loading
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change prevents startup failures for readable, non-writable configuration files in common cases, but it still can abort when the filesystem reports EROFS instead of PermissionDenied. The read-only fallback test also may not reliably exercise that path, so the PR is not merge-ready until the filesystem error handling and validation are tightened. Suggested labels: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@config-traits/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 97-103: Update the file-opening error handling around the
PermissionDenied check to also treat read-only filesystem failures as the
read-only fallback, while preserving fatal behavior for all other errors. Either
use ErrorKind::ReadOnlyFilesystem and raise the workspace MSRV to 1.83, or
retain Rust 1.82 compatibility by checking Unix raw_os_error() against
libc::EROFS.
- Around line 292-303: Update the fallback test around Test::config_dir and
Test::new().load to use a unique temporary directory, then open path for writing
before load and assert that the attempt fails with ErrorKind::PermissionDenied.
Keep the read-only setup and value assertion, ensuring the test explicitly
verifies the write is denied before exercising the fallback.
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| if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied && path.exists() { | ||
| warn!("Config {path:?} is not writable, opening read-only: {e}"); | ||
| File::open(&path) | ||
| } else { | ||
| Err(e) | ||
| } | ||
| }) |
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For the Rust version declared by this repository, does std::io::ErrorKind expose ReadOnlyFilesystem, and how does std::fs::OpenOptions::open map Linux EROFS errors?
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As of August 16, 2026, the latest stable version of Rust is 1.97.1. In this version (as well as since Rust 1.83.0), std::io::ErrorKind does expose the ReadOnlyFilesystem variant [1][2][3]. Regarding how std::fs::OpenOptions::open maps Linux EROFS (Error Read-Only File System) errors: 1. Mapping: When a write operation is attempted on a read-only filesystem on Linux, the underlying operating system returns the EROFS error code. The Rust standard library translates this system error into the std::io::ErrorKind::ReadOnlyFilesystem variant [1][2]. 2. Important Nuance: While the standard library does provide this mapping, the documentation for std::fs::OpenOptions::open explicitly states that the specific mapping of operating system errors to std::io::ErrorKind variants is not part of the function's compatibility contract [4]. While it currently maps to ReadOnlyFilesystem, reliance on this exact mapping for program logic may be subject to change in future versions of the standard library [4].
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- 1: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/enum.ErrorKind.html
- 2: https://doc.rust-lang.org/src/std/io/error.rs.html
- 3: https://releases.rs/
- 4: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fs/struct.OpenOptions.html
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printf '%s\n' '--- read-only error-kind references ---'
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Handle EROFS without breaking the declared MSRV.
On Linux, opening a valid configuration in a read-only filesystem can return EROFS. This branch handles only PermissionDenied, so file_open panics. Add ErrorKind::ReadOnlyFilesystem and raise the workspace MSRV to 1.83, or preserve Rust 1.82 with a Unix raw_os_error() == Some(libc::EROFS) check. Keep other errors fatal.
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In `@config-traits/src/lib.rs` around lines 97 - 103, Update the file-opening
error handling around the PermissionDenied check to also treat read-only
filesystem failures as the read-only fallback, while preserving fatal behavior
for all other errors. Either use ErrorKind::ReadOnlyFilesystem and raise the
workspace MSRV to 1.83, or retain Rust 1.82 compatibility by checking Unix
raw_os_error() against libc::EROFS.
| let dir = Test::config_dir(); | ||
| std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap(); | ||
| let path = dir.join("read_only_test.ron"); | ||
| std::fs::write(&path, "(value: 7)").unwrap(); | ||
| let mut perms = std::fs::metadata(&path).unwrap().permissions(); | ||
| perms.set_readonly(true); | ||
| std::fs::set_permissions(&path, perms).unwrap(); | ||
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| let cfg = Test::new().load(); | ||
| assert_eq!(cfg.value, 7); | ||
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| let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir); |
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printf '%s\n' '--- repository temp-directory and permission usage ---'
rg -n -F 'temp_dir()' --glob '*.rs' --glob 'Cargo.toml' .
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root = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="config-traits-review-")
path = os.path.join(root, "read_only_test.ron")
try:
with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.write("(value: 7)")
os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IROTH)
try:
fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDWR)
except OSError as e:
print(f"euid={os.geteuid()} writable_open=error errno={e.errno} name={errno.errorcode.get(e.errno)}")
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Make the fallback test exercise the fallback.
Use a unique temporary directory. Before load(), open path with write access and assert that it returns PermissionDenied. Otherwise, a root process or ACL can make the writable open succeed, so the test can pass without using the read-only fallback.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@config-traits/src/lib.rs` around lines 292 - 303, Update the fallback test
around Test::config_dir and Test::new().load to use a unique temporary
directory, then open path for writing before load and assert that the attempt
fails with ErrorKind::PermissionDenied. Keep the read-only setup and value
assertion, ensuring the test explicitly verifies the write is denied before
exercising the fallback.
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A write on a nixos linked file returns either ReadOnlyFilesystem or PermissionDenied |
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Description
StdConfigLoad::load()opens the config throughfile_open(), which asks for write access and panics if that is denied. With a valid config that is readable but not writable (Home Manager symlink into the nix store, or justchmod 0444)rog-control-centeraborts on startup. This falls back to a read-only open when the file exists and the read-write open fails withPermissionDenied, so the config is parsed and startup continues; a later write still just logs the error as before.Fixes #304
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cargo fmt --all -- --check)cargo clippy --all -- -D warnings/cargo check --all-targets)cargo test --all)cargo cranky)