[PATCH] Adjust CWD magic to accommodate for the latest Windows previews

Johannes Schindelin johannes.schindelin@gmx.de
Mon May 22 11:36:27 GMT 2023


Reportedly Windows 11 build 25*** from Insider changed the current
working directory logic a bit, and Cygwin's "magic" (or:
"technologically sufficiently advanced") code needs to be adjusted
accordingly.

This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4429

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime/releases/tag/adjust-cygwin-cwd-magic-to-newest-windows-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime adjust-cygwin-cwd-magic-to-newest-windows-v1

 winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 582238d150..fd09e5dc78 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -4514,10 +4514,24 @@ find_fast_cwd_pointer ()
 	     or, then `mov %r12,%rcx', then `callq RtlEnterCriticalSection'. */
 	  lock = (const uint8_t *) memmem ((const char *) use_cwd, 80,
 					   "\x4c\x8d\x25", 3);
-	  if (!lock)
-	    return NULL;
 	  call_rtl_offset = 14;
 	}
+
+      if (!lock)
+	{
+	  /* A recent Windows Preview calls `lea rel(rip),%r13' then
+	     some unrelated instructions, then `callq RtlEnterCriticalSection'.
+	     */
+	  lock = (const uint8_t *) memmem ((const char *) use_cwd, 80,
+					   "\x4c\x8d\x2d", 3);
+	  call_rtl_offset = 24;
+	}
+
+      if (!lock)
+	{
+	  return NULL;
+	}
+
       PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION lockaddr =
         (PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION) (lock + 7 + peek32 (lock + 3));
       /* Test if lock address is FastPebLock. */

base-commit: e7858c0a585e29c48a4109933423a0de362fc62d
--
2.41.0.rc0.windows.1


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