Improve Windows path prefix parsing

library/std/src/lib.rs

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
 #![feature(exhaustive_patterns)]
 #![feature(intra_doc_pointers)]
 #![feature(lang_items)]
+#![feature(let_chains)]
 #![feature(linkage)]
 #![feature(min_specialization)]
 #![feature(must_not_suspend)]

library/std/src/path.rs

@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ pub enum Prefix<'a> {
 
     /// Device namespace prefix, e.g., `\\.\COM42`.
     ///
-    /// Device namespace prefixes consist of `\\.\` immediately followed by the
-    /// device name.
+    /// Device namespace prefixes consist of `\\.\` (possibly using `/`
+    /// instead of `\`), immediately followed by the device name.
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     DeviceNS(#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] &'a OsStr),
 

library/std/src/path/tests.rs

@@ -971,15 +971,15 @@ pub fn test_decompositions_windows() {
     file_prefix: None
     );
 
-    t!("\\\\?\\C:/foo",
-    iter: ["\\\\?\\C:/foo"],
+    t!("\\\\?\\C:/foo/bar",
+    iter: ["\\\\?\\C:", "\\", "foo/bar"],
     has_root: true,
     is_absolute: true,
-    parent: None,
-    file_name: None,
-    file_stem: None,
+    parent: Some("\\\\?\\C:/"),
+    file_name: Some("foo/bar"),
+    file_stem: Some("foo/bar"),
     extension: None,
-    file_prefix: None
+    file_prefix: Some("foo/bar")
     );
 
     t!("\\\\.\\foo\\bar",

library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs

@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ fn fill_utf16_buf<F1, F2, T>(mut f1: F1, f2: F2) -> crate::io::Result<T>
 {
     // Start off with a stack buf but then spill over to the heap if we end up
     // needing more space.
+    //
+    // This initial size also works around `GetFullPathNameW` returning
+    // incorrect size hints for some short paths:
+    // https://github.com/dylni/normpath/issues/5
     let mut stack_buf = [0u16; 512];
     let mut heap_buf = Vec::new();
     unsafe {

library/std/src/sys/windows/path.rs

@@ -50,37 +50,101 @@ pub(crate) fn append_suffix(path: PathBuf, suffix: &OsStr) -> PathBuf {
     path.into()
 }
 
+struct PrefixParser<'a, const LEN: usize> {
+    path: &'a OsStr,
+    prefix: [u8; LEN],
+}
+
+impl<'a, const LEN: usize> PrefixParser<'a, LEN> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn get_prefix(path: &OsStr) -> [u8; LEN] {
+        let mut prefix = [0; LEN];
+        // SAFETY: Only ASCII characters are modified.
+        for (i, &ch) in path.bytes().iter().take(LEN).enumerate() {
+            prefix[i] = if ch == b'/' { b'\\' } else { ch };
+        }
+        prefix
+    }
+
+    fn new(path: &'a OsStr) -> Self {
+        Self { path, prefix: Self::get_prefix(path) }
+    }
+
+    fn as_slice(&self) -> PrefixParserSlice<'a, '_> {
+        PrefixParserSlice {
+            path: self.path,
+            prefix: &self.prefix[..LEN.min(self.path.len())],
+            index: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct PrefixParserSlice<'a, 'b> {
+    path: &'a OsStr,
+    prefix: &'b [u8],
+    index: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'a> PrefixParserSlice<'a, '_> {
+    fn strip_prefix(&self, prefix: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        self.prefix[self.index..]
+            .starts_with(prefix.as_bytes())
+            .then(|| Self { index: self.index + prefix.len(), ..*self })
+    }
+
+    fn prefix_bytes(&self) -> &'a [u8] {
+        &self.path.bytes()[..self.index]
+    }
+
+    fn finish(self) -> &'a OsStr {
+        // SAFETY: The unsafety here stems from converting between &OsStr and
+        // &[u8] and back. This is safe to do because (1) we only look at ASCII
+        // contents of the encoding and (2) new &OsStr values are produced only
+        // from ASCII-bounded slices of existing &OsStr values.
+        unsafe { bytes_as_os_str(&self.path.bytes()[self.index..]) }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn parse_prefix(path: &OsStr) -> Option<Prefix<'_>> {
     use Prefix::{DeviceNS, Disk, Verbatim, VerbatimDisk, VerbatimUNC, UNC};
 
-    if let Some(path) = strip_prefix(path, r"\\") {
+    let parser = PrefixParser::<8>::new(path);
+    let parser = parser.as_slice();
+    if let Some(parser) = parser.strip_prefix(r"\\") {
         // \\
-        if let Some(path) = strip_prefix(path, r"?\") {
+
+        // The meaning of verbatim paths can change when they use a different
+        // separator.
+        if let Some(parser) = parser.strip_prefix(r"?\") && !parser.prefix_bytes().iter().any(|&x| x == b'/') {
             // \\?\
-            if let Some(path) = strip_prefix(path, r"UNC\") {
+            if let Some(parser) = parser.strip_prefix(r"UNC\") {
                 // \\?\UNC\server\share
 
+                let path = parser.finish();
                 let (server, path) = parse_next_component(path, true);
                 let (share, _) = parse_next_component(path, true);
 
                 Some(VerbatimUNC(server, share))
             } else {
-                let (prefix, _) = parse_next_component(path, true);
+                let path = parser.finish();
 
                 // in verbatim paths only recognize an exact drive prefix
-                if let Some(drive) = parse_drive_exact(prefix) {
+                if let Some(drive) = parse_drive_exact(path) {
                     // \\?\C:
                     Some(VerbatimDisk(drive))
                 } else {
                     // \\?\prefix
+                    let (prefix, _) = parse_next_component(path, true);
                     Some(Verbatim(prefix))
                 }
             }
-        } else if let Some(path) = strip_prefix(path, r".\") {
+        } else if let Some(parser) = parser.strip_prefix(r".\") {
             // \\.\COM42
+            let path = parser.finish();
             let (prefix, _) = parse_next_component(path, false);
             Some(DeviceNS(prefix))
         } else {
+            let path = parser.finish();
             let (server, path) = parse_next_component(path, false);
             let (share, _) = parse_next_component(path, false);
 
@@ -102,31 +166,26 @@ pub fn parse_prefix(path: &OsStr) -> Option<Prefix<'_>> {
 }
 
 // Parses a drive prefix, e.g. "C:" and "C:\whatever"
-fn parse_drive(prefix: &OsStr) -> Option<u8> {
+fn parse_drive(path: &OsStr) -> Option<u8> {
     // In most DOS systems, it is not possible to have more than 26 drive letters.
     // See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_letter_assignment#Common_assignments>.
     fn is_valid_drive_letter(drive: &u8) -> bool {
         drive.is_ascii_alphabetic()
     }
 
-    match prefix.bytes() {
+    match path.bytes() {
         [drive, b':', ..] if is_valid_drive_letter(drive) => Some(drive.to_ascii_uppercase()),
         _ => None,
     }
 }
 
 // Parses a drive prefix exactly, e.g. "C:"
-fn parse_drive_exact(prefix: &OsStr) -> Option<u8> {
+fn parse_drive_exact(path: &OsStr) -> Option<u8> {
     // only parse two bytes: the drive letter and the drive separator
-    if prefix.len() == 2 { parse_drive(prefix) } else { None }
-}
-
-fn strip_prefix<'a>(path: &'a OsStr, prefix: &str) -> Option<&'a OsStr> {
-    // `path` and `prefix` are valid wtf8 and utf8 encoded slices respectively, `path[prefix.len()]`
-    // is thus a code point boundary and `path[prefix.len()..]` is a valid wtf8 encoded slice.
-    match path.bytes().strip_prefix(prefix.as_bytes()) {
-        Some(path) => unsafe { Some(bytes_as_os_str(path)) },
-        None => None,
+    if path.bytes().get(2).map(|&x| is_sep_byte(x)).unwrap_or(true) {
+        parse_drive(path)
+    } else {
+        None
     }
 }
 
@@ -219,15 +278,7 @@ pub(crate) fn maybe_verbatim(path: &Path) -> io::Result<Vec<u16>> {
         // SAFETY: `fill_utf16_buf` ensures the `buffer` and `size` are valid.
         // `lpfilename` is a pointer to a null terminated string that is not
         // invalidated until after `GetFullPathNameW` returns successfully.
-        |buffer, size| unsafe {
-            // While the docs for `GetFullPathNameW` have the standard note
-            // about needing a `\\?\` path for a long lpfilename, this does not
-            // appear to be true in practice.
-            // See:
-            // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38036943/getfullpathnamew-and-long-windows-file-paths
-            // https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-definitive-guide-on-win32-to-nt.html
-            c::GetFullPathNameW(lpfilename, size, buffer, ptr::null_mut())
-        },
+        |buffer, size| unsafe { c::GetFullPathNameW(lpfilename, size, buffer, ptr::null_mut()) },
         |mut absolute| {
             path.clear();
 
@@ -263,9 +314,20 @@ pub(crate) fn maybe_verbatim(path: &Path) -> io::Result<Vec<u16>> {
 
 /// Make a Windows path absolute.
 pub(crate) fn absolute(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
-    if path.as_os_str().bytes().starts_with(br"\\?\") {
-        return Ok(path.into());
+    let path = path.as_os_str();
+    let prefix = parse_prefix(path);
+    // Verbatim paths should not be modified.
+    if prefix.map(|x| x.is_verbatim()).unwrap_or(false) {
+        // NULs in verbatim paths are rejected for consistency.
+        if path.bytes().contains(&0) {
+            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
+                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "strings passed to WinAPI cannot contain NULs",
+            ));
+        }
+        return Ok(path.to_owned().into());
     }
+
     let path = to_u16s(path)?;
     let lpfilename = path.as_ptr();
     fill_utf16_buf(

library/std/src/sys/windows/path/tests.rs

@@ -94,3 +94,23 @@ fn check(path: &str, expected: &str) {
     // A path that contains null is not a valid path.
     assert!(maybe_verbatim(Path::new("\0")).is_err());
 }
+
+fn parse_prefix(path: &str) -> Option<Prefix<'_>> {
+    super::parse_prefix(OsStr::new(path))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_prefix_verbatim() {
+    let prefix = Some(Prefix::VerbatimDisk(b'C'));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"\\?\C:/windows/system32/notepad.exe"));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"\\?\C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_prefix_verbatim_device() {
+    let prefix = Some(Prefix::UNC(OsStr::new("?"), OsStr::new("C:")));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"//?/C:/windows/system32/notepad.exe"));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"//?/C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"/\?\C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"));
+    assert_eq!(prefix, parse_prefix(r"\\?/C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"));
+}