From 6f36b64689796bf89b57eb86265e41dc212968c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:39:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: readlink: add tests for the symbolic link infinite
 loop

* tests/readlink/rl-1.sh: Add tests for the 'readlink' invocations that
would cause an infinite loop before commit b66f3e4e2 (realpath: fix an
infinite loop when resolving symbolic links, 2026-09-25). Also test the
behavior without an option, which would not cause the infinite loop.
---
 tests/readlink/rl-1.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/readlink/rl-1.sh b/tests/readlink/rl-1.sh
index 4beffad96..7d2a57355 100755
--- a/tests/readlink/rl-1.sh
+++ b/tests/readlink/rl-1.sh
@@ -55,4 +55,24 @@ test -z "$v" || fail=1
 v=$(returns_ 1 readlink missing) || fail=1
 test -z "$v" || fail=1
 
+# From coreutils 9.0 to 9.12, the following would loop until the
+# system ran out of memory.
+ln -s loop/a loop || framework_failure_
+vm=$(get_min_ulimit_v_ readlink -f link1) && {
+  echo 'loop/a' >exp || framework_failure_
+  for opt in '' -f -e -m; do
+    if test -z "$opt"; then
+      exp=exp
+      exp_rc=0
+    else
+      exp=/dev/null
+      exp_rc=1
+    fi
+    (ulimit -v $(($vm+6000)) &&
+       returns_ $exp_rc timeout 10 readlink $opt loop >out 2>err) || fail=1
+    compare $exp out || fail=1
+    compare /dev/null err || fail=1
+  done
+}
+
 Exit $fail