ls: avoid triggering automounts

statx() has different defaults wrt automounting
compared to stat() or lstat(), so explicitly
set the AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT flag to suppress that behavior,
and avoid unintended operations or potential errors.

* src/ls.c (do_statx): Pass AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT to avoid this behavior.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/54286

Signed-off-by: Rohan Sable <rsable@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index af6596b06..a3442c5dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   seek_bytes are therefore obsolescent and are no longer documented,
   though they still work.
 
+  ls no longer tries to automount files, reverting to the behavior
+  before the statx() call was introduced in coreutils-8.32.
+
   timeout --foreground --kill-after=... will now exit with status 137
   if the kill signal was sent, which is consistent with the behavior
   when the --foreground option is not specified.  This allows users to
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 1930e4abb..255789061 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ do_statx (int fd, char const *name, struct stat *st, int flags,
 {
   struct statx stx;
   bool want_btime = mask & STATX_BTIME;
-  int ret = statx (fd, name, flags, mask, &stx);
+  int ret = statx (fd, name, flags | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, mask, &stx);
   if (ret >= 0)
     {
       statx_to_stat (&stx, st);