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bug-1887 open 2026-09-29 newly logged lib wrong-result 2026-09-29T09:48:49Z 2026-09-29T09:48:49Z 1
src/lib/xce_resreq.peg
src/lib/resreq.c
lib
resreq
parser
bug-1884

bug-1887: resreq parser ignores a primary's select/rusage parse error and accepts the job without that clause

Description

Observed: (code reading) the primary_resreq action in src/lib/xce_resreq.peg calls parse_resreq_primary(primary, $0, auxil->resmgr, &(auxil->errmsg)) and ignores its return value; nothing sets has_error, so parse_resreq() returns success. A primary whose select or rusage clause fails to parse is kept without that clause (select NULL / rusages empty), i.e. the job is scheduled as if it had no such constraint. While fixing bug-1884 a LeakSanitizer report showed such an error message being produced during a normal replay fixture (its job's resreq parsed "OK").

Expected: a primary sub-parse error makes parse_resreq() fail with that message (the job is rejected/pended with a parse error), not silently dropped. Impact: wrong result: a job with a malformed select (e.g. a typo) may dispatch onto hosts its select would have excluded. Found by: review (while fixing bug-1884, 2026-09-29)

Environment

  • OS: no /etc/os-release; Docker container; NixOS kernel; kernel Linux 6.18.33 x86_64
  • libc: glibc 2.42-47 (interpreter /nix/store/wb6rhpznjfczwlwx23zmdrrw74bayxw4-glibc-2.42-47/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
  • Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
  • Build: asan (src/xce.build.discrete)
  • Code: scheduler-framework @ 90b99d91-dirty
  • Deployment: n/a (found by code reading while fixing bug-1884; not observed on a deployment)

Reproduction

  1. Read the primary_resreq action in src/lib/xce_resreq.peg and parse_resreq_primary() in src/lib/resreq.c.
  2. Unit check: parse_resreq(&r, "select[type==] rusage[mem=1]", resmgr, &err) -- expect rc < 0; observe the return value.
  • Frequency: deterministic for any malformed select/rusage inside a primary
  • Evidence: not kept; LeakSanitizer stack from the bug-1884 fixture (strdup in parse_select error path under core_build_job)

Root cause

TODO: required for fixed/partial

Fix

TODO: required for fixed/partial

Verification

  • Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after
  • Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile
  • Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why

References

  • Related: bug-1884