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fix(state): lock staterc and replace it atomically - #2195
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set_conf() rewrote staterc with sed -i or appended to it, without a lock,
while waybar.py and the Lua selectors rewrote it too. sed's c command also
ate backslashes in the value ("a\nb" became two lines), and a key present
twice was appended a third time.
Add staterc.sh, a writer that takes an flock on staterc.lock, rewrites
staterc into a temp file with the value passed literally through awk
(replace the first KEY= line, drop later duplicates, append if absent) and
renames it into place, keeping the file's mode. set_conf() now calls it;
Lua's staterc_set will use it too.
set_state_value() read staterc and rewrote it with open(..., "w"), without a lock. A writer that read it during that truncation saw an empty file and wrote back only its own key: two overlapping layout switches wiped staterc down to one line, dropping the workflow, animation, theme and shader settings. set_state_value() now holds an flock on staterc.lock, the same lock staterc.sh takes for set_conf() and Lua, and replaces staterc through a temp file and os.replace(), keeping its mode. ensure_state_file() no longer writes the file itself: it works out the missing values and sets them through set_state_value(), since holding the lock around get_current_layout_from_config(), which writes staterc too, would deadlock.
staterc_set() read staterc and rewrote it with io.open(path, "w"), without a lock, next to waybar.py and set_conf() doing the same. It now runs staterc.sh, which locks staterc, replaces it atomically and stores the value literally. The helper is found next to luautils/ from this file's own path (as luautils/init.lua finds its scripts), and gets xdg.state as XDG_STATE_HOME, so it writes the staterc this module reads. A failed write or a key that is not a shell variable name raises an error; shaders.lua already calls it under pcall.
Describe the staterc locking and atomic replace, and the set_conf() backslash and duplicate-key fixes.
exec {fd}>lock 2>/dev/null applied the redirect to the whole script, so
the lock-timeout warning and every later error were silently dropped.
Scope 2>/dev/null to the open with braces. STATERC_LOCK_WAIT overrides
the 10s wait, so tests can check the warning quickly.
_staterc_lock() raised when staterc.lock could not be opened (e.g. left root-owned by a sudo run), so every layout switch failed. Warn and write without the lock instead, as staterc.sh does; also for an flock error other than the lock being held.
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new concurrent-write protection works, but Waybar can still store a layout name or style that does not match the selected layout path, or derive them incorrectly from a quoted path. Unescaped values in the shared state writer can still break or alter the sourced state file, as the old writers could. Fix the Waybar derivation before merging. Pre-merge checks |
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title clearly and concisely summarizes the primary change: adding locking and atomic replacement for the staterc state file. Linked Issues check Issue #2194requires concurrent writers to preserve existing entries, update each writer's key, avoid torn files, and retain line formats. The newstaterc.shserializes Bash and Lua writes with `sta…Out of Scope Changes check The changed files support issue #2194. The helper centralizes the required Bash and Lua write behavior. Theglobalcontrol.sh, Lua, andwaybar.pychanges remove competing unsafe write paths. The `e…
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A temp file hops into its place,
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- Line 58: Update the value encoding in the staterc helper so every accepted
value, including quotes and shell-expansion syntax, remains literal and safe
when the generated assignment is sourced. Keep S.staterc_get() compatible with
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- Around line 346-348: Update the initialization loop over keys so each
missing-key check and write happens atomically under the state lock. Recheck the
current state inside that locked update and write values[key] only if the key is
still absent, preserving entries supplied by another process.
- Around line 335-339: Update the current_layout resolution before the return
check to call get_current_layout_from_config() when any required layout detail
is missing, including WAYBAR_STYLE_PATH or WAYBAR_LAYOUT_NAME, even if
WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH exists. Preserve the return only when no layout can be
resolved, allowing ensure_state_file() to fill missing details.
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| src=/dev/null | ||
| [ -f "$staterc" ] && src=$staterc | ||
| STATERC_VALUE=$3 awk -v key="$key" ' | ||
| BEGIN { line = key "=\"" ENVIRON["STATERC_VALUE"] "\"" } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Make accepted values safe to source.
The helper accepts a"b and writes KEY="a"b". Sourcing that assignment fails, although the write succeeds. Other accepted values, including $() expressions, can change meaning when scripts source staterc. Encode values as shell assignments and keep S.staterc_get() compatible with that encoding, or reject values that the current format cannot represent safely. The linked issue confirms that HyDE scripts source this file. (github.com)
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Update the value encoding in the staterc helper so every accepted value,
including quotes and shell-expansion syntax, remains literal and safe when the
generated assignment is sourced. Keep S.staterc_get() compatible with the chosen
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Agreed that this is a real problem, but it predates this PR: the old set_conf() (sed ... c / >>), Lua's staterc_set() and Python's set_state_value() all wrote the value unescaped in the same format, so a"b or $(...) already broke source before. A proper fix escapes \, ", $ and backticks on write and unescapes them in Lua's staterc_get() and the Python readers, which changes the read side in three languages. To keep this PR focused on the locking and atomic replace, I'll send that as a separate follow-up.
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@EnzoItaliano Thanks for clarifying. A separate follow-up is reasonable for this pre-existing issue. This PR can stay focused on locking and atomic replacement.
The encoding fix must cover both writers and readers so values remain literal across Bash, Lua, and Python. The finding remains open because the fix is deferred.
Would you like me to open a follow-up issue?
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Learning: In HyDE, changes to shell-assignment value encoding in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/staterc.sh must coordinate with S.staterc_get() in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/luautils/global/state.lua and the Python state readers in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/waybar.py. Bash sources staterc, while Lua and Python parse its values. Escaping backslashes, double quotes, dollar signs, and backticks on write requires compatible decoding in the Lua and Python readers.
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@EnzoItaliano Thanks for linking the follow-up in #2198 and issue #2197. No additional issue is needed. This PR can remain focused on locking and atomic replacement.
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File: Configs/.local/lib/hyde/staterc.sh:58-58
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Learning: In HyDE, changes to shell-assignment value encoding in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/staterc.sh must coordinate with S.staterc_get() in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/luautils/global/state.lua and the Python state readers in Configs/.local/lib/hyde/waybar.py. Bash sources staterc, while Lua and Python parse its values. Escaping backslashes, double quotes, dollar signs, and backticks on write requires compatible decoding in the Lua and Python readers.
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ensure_state_file() worked out which WAYBAR_LAYOUT_* keys were missing before taking the lock, so a layout another writer set in the meantime was overwritten with the stale one. It also never filled a missing name or style when WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH was present. Add the missing keys through _add_missing_state_values(), which re-checks them under the lock and keeps any key set in the meantime, and describe the layout already in staterc when only the name or style is missing.
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- Around line 221-225: In ensure_state_file, re-read WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH after
acquiring the lock and derive any missing layout name or style from that current
path before building additions; do not write values derived from the earlier
layout path alongside a newer path.
- Line 356: Normalize and validate the value returned by
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| added = [key for key in values if key not in present] | ||
| if added: | ||
| if text and not text.endswith("\n"): | ||
| text += "\n" | ||
| _replace_state_file(text + "".join(f"{key}={values[key]}\n" for key in added)) |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Recheck the layout path when adding derived values.
If ensure_state_file() reads layout A while its name or style is missing, another writer can set WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH to B before this lock is acquired. The present check protects existing keys, but these lines can still add a name or style derived from A beside path B. Read the current path under this lock and derive any missing name or style from that path before replacing the file.
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Review comment at @Configs/.local/lib/hyde/waybar.py around lines 221 - 225:
In ensure_state_file, re-read WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH after acquiring the lock and
derive any missing layout name or style from that current path before building
additions; do not write values derived from the earlier layout path alongside a
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| current_layout = ( | ||
| get_current_layout_from_config() | ||
| if "WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH" in missing | ||
| else get_state_value("WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH") |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Normalize the stored layout path before deriving missing entries.
When staterc.sh writes WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH="/layouts/foo.jsonc", get_state_value() returns the enclosing quotes. This branch passes that value to basename() and resolve_style_path(). It can add WAYBAR_LAYOUT_NAME=foo" and select the default style instead of the matching style. Remove the enclosing quotes and validate the path before deriving the missing entries.
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Review comment at @Configs/.local/lib/hyde/waybar.py at line 356:
Normalize and validate the value returned by
get_state_value("WAYBAR_LAYOUT_PATH") before passing it to basename() or
resolve_style_path(); strip enclosing quotes so missing layout name and style
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~/.local/state/hyde/statercloses entries, and can end up with torn lines, when two HyDE commands write it at once (#2194). Three places write it, and none of them locked it:waybar.py:set_state_value()andensure_state_file()rewrote the file withopen(..., "w").globalcontrol.sh:set_conf()usedsed -i ... cor>>.luautils/global/state.lua:staterc_set()rewrote it withio.open(..., "w").A writer that read the file during another one's truncation saw it empty or half written, then wrote that back. On a clean dev install (HydeVM, dev @ e3e4506), 5 of 5 runs of two overlapping
hyde-shell waybar --setcalls corrupted it:HYPR_WORKFLOW,HYPR_ANIMATIONandenableWallDcolare gone,HYDE_THEMEis cut toDE_THEME, andosis left over from a torn write. Every script thatsources staterc then runsosas a command.Changes:
Configs/.local/lib/hyde/staterc.sh(new):staterc.sh set KEY VALUE.flockonstaterc.locknext to staterc, waiting up to 10 s (STATERC_LOCK_WAIToverrides it, for tests). If it still can't get the lock, or can't open the lock file, it warns on stderr and writes anyway, since losing the setting is worse.waybar.pydoes the same.KEY=line, drops later duplicates, appends the key if it's absent.0666minus the umask).set_conf(): now callsstaterc.sh. This also fixes two older bugs:sed'sccommand ate backslashes in the value (a\nbbecame two lines), and a key that was already present twice was appended a third time.waybar.py:set_state_value()holdsfcntl.flockon the samestaterc.lock(the same kind of lock as theflockcommand) and replaces the file with a temp file andos.replace(). Its line format is unchanged.ensure_state_file()no longer writes the file itself. It works out the missing values and sets them throughset_state_value(), because holding the lock aroundget_current_layout_from_config(), which writes staterc too, would deadlock.state.lua:staterc_set()runsstaterc.sh. It finds the helper next toluautils/from its own path, the wayluautils/init.luafinds its scripts, and passesxdg.stateasXDG_STATE_HOME, so the helper writes the staterc thatstaterc_get()reads.shaders.luaalready calls it underpcall.Each writer keeps its line format (
KEY=valuefrom Python,KEY="value"from bash and Lua). Readers are unchanged.Fixes #2194
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test_staterc.sh, which covers the helper,set_conf(),waybar.pyand Lua, including Python, bash and Lua writers running at the same time.waybar.py). The two branches merge cleanly, and I tested them together.Type of change
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sh tests/run.sh: 60 cases, 1 failed,test_binds. It fails the same way on dev @ e3e4506 without this PR, from fix(keybinds): resolve app launcher binds at keypress, not bind time #2192; fix(bind_harness): cover reactive app-launcher binds, add hyde.config.exec stub tests#38 fixes it.)Testing
Two overlapping
hyde-shell waybar --setcalls, with the same 8-line staterc seeded before each run:--set×2 +theme.switch.sh -s+shaders --setat onceshellcheckandluacheckare clean on the changed files, and pre-commit passes.Machine: CachyOS, Hyprland 0.56.2, Waybar 0.15.0, amdgpu.
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