fix(format): list soft links as their targets, like h5py

Group::datasets()/groups() (and the Mmap/Lazy handles) listed only hard
links, so a soft link to a dataset or group was missing, and dataset(name)
/ group(name) on a group handle could not open one. In old-style (symbol
table) groups a soft link's entry has no object header address, and the
listing failed outright trying to parse one.

The three facade handles each had their own copy of the child-listing
code; they now share group_v2::resolve_group_children, which returns hard
links plus soft links resolved to their targets (relative targets from
the group holding the link, via the new resolve_path_from). A dangling or
cyclic soft link, an external link and a user-defined link are left out —
h5py lists their names but cannot open them. Any other error met while
resolving is returned, not hidden.

Path resolution now walks a relative soft link's target from the group
holding it instead of rebuilding the path from the root (same result,
one less re-walk), and ignores "." components.

Regression test: soft_links_are_listed_as_their_targets (h5py writes
absolute, relative, group, dangling, cyclic and external links with
libver latest and earliest; listings compared with h5py for File,
MmapFile and LazyFile).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
osobh
2026-09-25 22:00:46 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 38d0d4de02
commit aadfd18d4c
8 changed files with 277 additions and 133 deletions
+118 -18
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@@ -255,32 +255,135 @@ pub fn resolve_path_any(
superblock: &Superblock,
path: &str,
) -> Result<u64, FormatError> {
resolve_path_following_links(file_data, superblock, path, 0)
resolve_path_following_links(
file_data,
superblock,
superblock.root_group_address,
path,
0,
)
}
/// Resolve `path` relative to the group at `group_address` (an absolute path
/// starts at the root group instead), following soft links. This is how a
/// relative soft link's target is resolved: from the group holding the link.
pub fn resolve_path_from(
file_data: &[u8],
superblock: &Superblock,
group_address: u64,
path: &str,
) -> Result<u64, FormatError> {
let start = if path.starts_with('/') {
superblock.root_group_address
} else {
group_address
};
resolve_path_following_links(file_data, superblock, start, path, 0)
}
/// The children of the group at `group_address` that can be opened, as h5py
/// lists them: hard links, and soft links resolved to the object they point
/// at (under the soft link's own name). Links that cannot be followed are
/// left out rather than failing the listing — a dangling or cyclic soft link
/// (h5py lists its name but cannot open it), an external link (another
/// file), and a user-defined link. An object header that is not a group has
/// no children.
///
/// Any other error, such as a corrupt structure met while resolving a soft
/// link, is returned.
pub fn resolve_group_children(
file_data: &[u8],
superblock: &Superblock,
group_address: u64,
) -> Result<Vec<GroupEntry>, FormatError> {
let os = superblock.offset_size;
let ls = superblock.length_size;
let header = ObjectHeader::parse(file_data, group_address as usize, os, ls)?;
let mut entries = Vec::new();
let mut soft = Vec::new();
if is_v1_group(&header) {
let sym_msg = header
.messages
.iter()
.find(|m| m.msg_type == MessageType::SymbolTable)
.ok_or_else(|| FormatError::PathNotFound(String::from("no symbol table message")))?;
let stm = SymbolTableMessage::parse(&sym_msg.data, os)?;
let all = group_v1::resolve_v1_group_entries(file_data, &stm, os, ls)?;
if all.iter().any(group_v1::is_v1_soft_link) {
soft = group_v1::v1_soft_links(file_data, &stm, os, ls)?;
}
entries.extend(all.into_iter().filter(|e| !group_v1::is_v1_soft_link(e)));
} else if is_v2_group(&header) {
let mut visit = |link: LinkMessage| match link.link_target {
LinkTarget::Hard {
object_header_address,
} => entries.push(GroupEntry {
name: link.name,
object_header_address,
cache_type: 0,
}),
LinkTarget::Soft { target_path } => soft.push((link.name, target_path)),
LinkTarget::External { .. } => {}
};
let link_info = find_link_info(&header, os)?;
if let Some(fh_addr) = link_info.fractal_heap_address {
for_each_dense_link(file_data, &link_info, fh_addr, os, ls, visit)?;
} else {
for msg in &header.messages {
if msg.msg_type == MessageType::Link
&& let Some(link) = parse_link(&msg.data, os)?
{
visit(link);
}
}
}
}
for (name, target) in soft {
match resolve_path_from(file_data, superblock, group_address, &target) {
Ok(object_header_address) => entries.push(GroupEntry {
name,
object_header_address,
cache_type: 0,
}),
// Dangling, cyclic, or ending in another file: not openable here.
Err(
FormatError::PathNotFound(_)
| FormatError::NestingDepthExceeded
| FormatError::ExternalLinkUnsupported { .. },
) => {}
Err(e) => return Err(e),
}
}
Ok(entries)
}
/// Soft links followed while resolving one path. Guards against link cycles
/// (`a -> b -> a`), which are legal to create.
const MAX_SOFT_LINK_DEPTH: u8 = 16;
/// Walk `path` from the group at `start`, following soft links.
fn resolve_path_following_links(
file_data: &[u8],
superblock: &Superblock,
start: u64,
path: &str,
depth: u8,
) -> Result<u64, FormatError> {
let components: Vec<&str> = path.split('/').filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).collect();
let components: Vec<&str> = path
.split('/')
.filter(|s| !s.is_empty() && *s != ".")
.collect();
if components.is_empty() {
return Ok(superblock.root_group_address);
return Ok(start);
}
let os = superblock.offset_size;
let ls = superblock.length_size;
let root_header =
ObjectHeader::parse(file_data, superblock.root_group_address as usize, os, ls)?;
let mut current_addr = superblock.root_group_address;
let mut current_header = root_header;
let mut current_addr = start;
let mut current_header = ObjectHeader::parse(file_data, start as usize, os, ls)?;
for (i, component) in components.iter().enumerate() {
let entries = resolve_group_entries(file_data, &current_header, os, ls)?;
@@ -304,20 +407,17 @@ fn resolve_path_following_links(
}
// A relative target is relative to the group holding
// the link; then the rest of the original path.
let mut full = String::new();
if !target_path.starts_with('/') {
for parent in &components[..i] {
full.push('/');
full.push_str(parent);
}
}
full.push('/');
full.push_str(&target_path);
let from = if target_path.starts_with('/') {
superblock.root_group_address
} else {
current_addr
};
let mut full = target_path;
for rest in &components[i + 1..] {
full.push('/');
full.push_str(rest);
}
resolve_path_following_links(file_data, superblock, &full, depth + 1)
resolve_path_following_links(file_data, superblock, from, &full, depth + 1)
}
Some(LinkTarget::External {
filename,