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Reproducer:
$ typeset -i NUM=123
$ (NUM=3+4 env; :)|grep ^NUM=
NUM=3+4
$ (NUM=3+4 env)|grep ^NUM=
NUM=7
The correct output is NUM=7. This is also the output if ksh is
compiled with SHOPT_SPAWN disabled, suggesting that the problem is
here in sh_ntfork(), where the invocation-local environment list is
set using a sh_scope() call:
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/xec.c:
3496: if(t->com.comset)
3497: {
3498: scope++;
3499: sh_scope(t->com.comset,0);
3500: }
Analysis:
When ksh is compiled with SHOPT_SPAWN disabled, external commands
are always run using the regular forking mechanism. First the shell
forks, then in the fork, the preceding assignments list (if any)
are executed and exported in the main scope. Replacing global
variables is not a problem as the variables are exported and the
forked shell is then replaced by the external command using
execve(2).
But when using SHOPT_SPAWN/sh_ntfork(), this cannot be done as the
fork(2) use is replaced by posix_spawn(2) which does not copy the
parent process into the child, therefore it's not possible to
execute anything in the child before calling execve(2). Which means
the preceding assignments list must be processed in the parent, not
the child. Which makes overwriting global variables a no-no.
To avoid overwriting global variables, sh_ntfork() treats preceding
assignments like local variables in functions, which means they do
not inherit any attributes from the parent scope. That is why the
integer attribute is not honoured in the buggy reproducers.
And this is not just an issue for external commands. sh_scope() is
also used for assignments preceding a built-in command. Which is
logical, as those don't create a process at all.
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/xec.c:
1325: if(argp)
1326: {
1327: scope++;
1328: sh_scope(argp,0);
1329: }
Which means this bug exists for them as well, regardless of whether
SHOPT_SPAWN is compiled in.
$ /bin/ksh -c 'typeset -i NUM; NUM=3+4 command eval '\''echo $NUM'\'
3+4
(expected: 7, as on mksh and zsh)
So, the attributes from the parent scope will need to be copied
into the child scope. This should be done in nv_setlist() which is
called from sh_scope() with both the NV_EXPORT and NV_NOSCOPE flags
passed. Those flag bits are how we can recognise the need to copy
attributes.
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