udevadm-verify: document '--resolve-names=late' and accept 'never' as is

When '--resolve-names=late', systemd-udevd resolves user/group names
during each event being processed, and does not verify names on parse.
When '--resolve-names=never', systemd-udevd refuses any user/group names
on parse. Hence, the parser of udev rules behaves diffrently. Let's not
convert 'never' -> 'late' silently, and use the specified option as is.

This also updates man page and shell completion for --resolve-names
option.
This commit is contained in:
Yu Watanabe
2025-02-02 15:28:15 +09:00
parent 8623980980
commit 295741c0d1
6 changed files with 22 additions and 27 deletions

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@@ -882,13 +882,11 @@
<term><option>-N</option></term>
<term><option>--resolve-names=<constant>early</constant>|<constant>late</constant>|<constant>never</constant></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify when udevadm should resolve names of users
and groups. When set to <constant>early</constant> (the
default), names will be resolved when the rules are
parsed. When set to <constant>late</constant>, names will
be resolved for every event. When set to
<constant>never</constant>, names will never be resolved
and all devices will be owned by root.</para>
<para>Specify when <command>udevadm</command> should resolve names of users and groups specified
in udev rules. When set to <constant>early</constant> (the default), names will be resolved when
the rules are parsed. When set to <constant>late</constant>, names will be resolved during the
event being processed. When set to <constant>never</constant>, names will never be resolved and
relevant udev rules will be ignored.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v209"/>
</listitem>
@@ -976,13 +974,14 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-N</option></term>
<term><option>--resolve-names=<constant>early</constant>|<constant>never</constant></option></term>
<term><option>--resolve-names=<constant>early</constant>|<constant>late</constant>|<constant>never</constant></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify when udevadm should resolve names of users
and groups. When set to <constant>early</constant> (the
default), names will be resolved when the rules are
parsed. When set to <constant>never</constant>, names will
never be resolved.</para>
<para>Specify when <command>udevadm</command> should resolve names of users and groups specified
in udev rules. When set to <constant>early</constant> (the default), names will be resolved when
the rules are parsed. When set to <constant>late</constant>, names will not be verified, as
<command>systemd-udevd</command> resolves names during each event being processed. When set to
<constant>never</constant>, names will never be resolved and relevant rules will be ignored.
</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
</listitem>

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@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ _udevadm() {
comps=$( udevadm test --action help )
;;
-N|--resolve-names)
comps='early late never'
comps=$( udevadm test --resolve-names help )
;;
-D|--extra-rules-dir)
comps=''
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ _udevadm() {
if __contains_word "$prev" ${OPTS[VERIFY_ARG]}; then
case $prev in
-N|--resolve-names)
comps='early never'
comps=$( udevadm test --resolve-names help )
;;
--root)
comps=''

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@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ _udevadm_test(){
'(-)'{-h,--help}'[Show help]' \
'(-)'{-V,--version}'[Show package version]' \
'--action=[The action string.]:actions:(add change remove move online offline bind unbind)' \
'--subsystem=[The subsystem string.]' \
'(-N --resolve-names)'{-N,--resolve-names=}'[When to resolve names.]:resolve:(early late never)' \
'--subsystem=[The subsystem string.]' \
'(-D --extra-rules-dir=)'{-D,--extra-rules-dir=}'[Also load rules from the directory.]' \
'(-v --verbose)'{-v,--verbose}'[Show verbose logs.]' \
'*::devpath:_files -P /sys/ -W /sys'
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ _udevadm_verify(){
_arguments \
'(- *)'{-h,--help}'[Show help]' \
'(- *)'{-V,--version}'[Show package version]' \
'(-N --resolve-names)'{-N+,--resolve-names=}'[When to resolve names.]:resolve:(early never)' \
'(-N --resolve-names)'{-N,--resolve-names=}'[When to resolve names.]:resolve:(early late never)' \
'--root=[Operate on catalog hierarchy under specified directory]:directories:_directories' \
--no-summary'[Do not show summary.]' \
--no-style'[Ignore style issues.]' \

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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int help(void) {
"\n%sVerify udev rules files.%s\n\n"
" -h --help Show this help\n"
" -V --version Show package version\n"
" -N --resolve-names=early|never When to resolve names\n"
" -N --resolve-names=early|late|never When to resolve names\n"
" --root=PATH Operate on an alternate filesystem root\n"
" --no-summary Do not show summary\n"
" --no-style Ignore style issues\n"
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
r = parse_resolve_name_timing(optarg, &arg_resolve_name_timing);
if (r <= 0)
return r;
/*
* In the verifier "late" has the effect of "never",
* and "never" would generate irrelevant diagnostics,
* so map "never" to "late".
*/
if (arg_resolve_name_timing == RESOLVE_NAME_NEVER)
arg_resolve_name_timing = RESOLVE_NAME_LATE;
break;
case ARG_ROOT:
r = parse_path_argument(optarg, /* suppress_root= */ true, &arg_root);

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@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if want_tests != 'false'
test('udev-rules-check',
exe,
suite : 'udev',
args : ['verify', '--resolve-names=never', all_rules])
args : ['verify', '--resolve-names=late', all_rules])
endif
############################################################

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@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ assert_0 -h
assert_0 --help
assert_0 -V
assert_0 --version
assert_0 -N help
assert_0 --resolve-names help
# unrecognized option '--unknown'
assert_1 --unknown
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ assert_1 -N
assert_1 -N now
# option '--resolve-names' requires an argument
assert_1 --resolve-names
# --resolve-names= takes "early" or "never"
# --resolve-names= takes "early", "late", or "never"
assert_1 --resolve-names=now
# Failed to parse rules file ./nosuchfile: No such file or directory
assert_1 ./nosuchfile