Truncate the file before a StorageOperation write - #3523
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Open() does not truncate. A stream driver that opens an existing file for R/W - the ESP32 littlefs driver uses "r+" - keeps the previous length, so after the first Write chunk the file still ends where it did before. The first Append chunk then fails the "seek(END) == offset" check and the transfer returns WriteError, which makes it impossible to overwrite any file larger than a single Wire Protocol packet (1024 bytes). Remove the file before opening it, which is what the per-target implementations replaced by the common one did. The result is ignored because a missing file is the normal case: both the littlefs and the FatFs driver return CLR_E_FILE_NOT_FOUND without touching anything.
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WalkthroughThe storage write path now deletes the target file before opening it. Missing files and unsupported deletion are allowed. Other deletion failures return ChangesStorage overwrite behavior
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In `@src/HAL/nanoHAL_StorageOperation.cpp`:
- Line 84: Check the return value from FileSystemVolume::Delete in the write
flow around Delete, continue only when it returns CLR_E_FILE_NOT_FOUND, and
return StorageOperationErrorCode::WriteError for any other failure, including
CLR_E_NOT_SUPPORTED, before calling Open.
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Tolerate CLR_E_FILE_NOT_FOUND, which is the normal case for a file that is not there yet, and CLR_E_NOT_SUPPORTED, which a volume whose file system driver has no Delete returns - for such a volume the write keeps whatever semantics Open() has, exactly as it did before this call was added. Any other failure means the previous content is still in place. Writing over it would silently leave a file with a stale tail whenever the payload fits in a single Wire Protocol packet, since that path never reaches the Append check.
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Addressed in 517ef89, with one deliberate difference from the suggestion.
Every other failure now returns Compile-checked for |
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In `@src/HAL/nanoHAL_StorageOperation.cpp`:
- Line 84: Update HAL_StorageOperation’s write flow around volume->Delete, Open,
and Write so the existing destination remains intact until the complete write or
append sequence succeeds. Write to a temporary or backup path, then replace the
destination only after success; on any failure, clean up the temporary data and
preserve the original file while returning the existing WriteError result.
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Correcting one detail in my previous comment: saying that no It does not change the conclusion, and it sharpens what the tolerance is actually for. A volume with a null file system driver is already unusable here for other reasons: What it protects is a volume with a working driver whose table simply has no |
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Independently confirmed on other hardware: nanoframework/Home#1840 (comment) reports the same broken |
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@dkovyazin that's really awesome that you've taken the time to fix all these issues.
That's true Open Source spirit rigth there!
The fix looks good, just please shorten (or remove enterily) the verbose comments as these hinder code readability. If it's worth it, then add a developer not or a comment at the top of the function.
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Shortened — thanks for the review. The detail about |
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Backport of the change submitted upstream as nanoframework#3523.
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Description
HAL_StorageOperation()now removes the target file before opening it for aStorageOperation_Write.WriteError, except forCLR_E_FILE_NOT_FOUNDandCLR_E_NOT_SUPPORTED. The first is the normal case for a file that is not there yet; the second comes from a volume whose file system driver has noDelete, and for such a volume the write keeps whatever semanticsOpen()has for it, exactly as before.Motivation and Context
Open()carries no truncate semantics. A stream driver that opens an existing file for read/write keeps its previous length — the ESP32 littlefs driver selects"r+"wheneverstat()finds the file. A file larger than a single Wire Protocol packet is transferred as oneWritechunk followed byAppendchunks, so:Writechunk puts the first ~1 KB at position 0 and the file keeps its old, larger length;Appendchunk seeks to the end, finds a position that no longer matches the offset it validates against, and returnsWriteError.The net effect is that no file larger than 1024 bytes can be overwritten on such a target — a second
nanoff --filedeploymentof the same file fails deterministically, while a first deployment onto a clean file system succeeds. The ESP32 implementation replaced by the common one calledremove()at this exact point, so on that target this is a regression. The ChibiOS one opened the file withLFS_O_RDWR | LFS_O_CREAT, withoutLFS_O_TRUNCand without removing it first, so it carried the same defect already and this change fixes it there too.How Has This Been Tested?
I:drive, built against IDF 5.5.4.WriteErroron the very first file, on every retry.Types of changes
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