The code checks existance of a command (halt/poweroff/reboot) by using
stat(2) and immediately checking for S_ISLNK() on the returned stat
struct. This check will never be true, because stat(2) always follows
symbolic links and hence will either return ENOENT (in case of dangling
symlink) or the properties for the final target file. It is lstat(2)
which might return information about the symlink itself. However, even
there, we want to check the final file properties, not the first symlink.
This check - S_ISLNK - is harmful but useless in this case. However, it
is confusing and it helps the wrong usage of stat(2) to spread, so it is
better to remove it.
Additionally, the code would better to check for the executable bits
of the final file, not check if it's a regular file - it's sort of
dubious to have anything but regular files in /sbin/.
But a POSIX system provides another command which suits the purpose
perfectly: it is access(2). And it is so simple that it's not
necessary to create a separate function when usin it.
Replace stat(2) with access(X_OK) to check for file existance in
qga/commands-posix.c
Fixes: c5b4afd4d5 "qga: Support guest shutdown of BusyBox-based systems"
Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Dias Correa <r@drigo.nl>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Kostiantyn Kostiuk <kkostiuk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
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