fix(brainfs): bound the read in ReadRegularMax; honest test names (#157)

Review round 1 on PR #165:

- ReadRegularMax checked the size on the opened handle, then read with an
  unbounded io.ReadAll, so a file growing after the check returned past the
  limit. The read now goes through io.LimitReader(max+1). A test seam grows
  the file between the check and the read and counts bytes consumed.
- New: ReadScoped returns ErrTooLarge for a note over maxNoteBytes; red if
  readContained drops the limit.
- notes.Target carries the brain root instead of deriving it by TrimSuffix.
- Rule 9: reader tests renamed to <Reader>RefusesSymlinksAndSurvivesSwapRaces;
  ReadNote test has a positive control; brainfstest comment states what the
  harness observes and what it does not.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ingestion/internal/api/readnote_root_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 // hyperguild#157 slice 2: ReadNote (brain_get, read-after-write) read by
 // path; it now reads through brainfs.
-func TestReadNoteIsConfinedToRegularFilesInTheBrain(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReadNoteRefusesSymlinksAndSurvivesSwapRaces(t *testing.T) {
 	brain := t.TempDir()
 	facts := filepath.Join(brain, "wiki", "w", "facts")
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(facts, 0o755))
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ func TestReadNoteIsConfinedToRegularFilesInTheBrain(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, body, brainfstest.Sentinel)
 
 	p := filepath.Join(facts, "r.md")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(p, []byte("---\nx: y\n---\ninside"), 0o644))
+	fm, body, _, err := api.ReadNote(brain, "wiki/w/facts/r.md")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "y", fm["x"])
+	assert.Contains(t, body, "inside")
 	read := func() string {
 		fm, body, _, _ := api.ReadNote(brain, "wiki/w/facts/r.md")
 		s := body

ingestion/internal/brainfs/brainfs.go

@@ -108,9 +108,28 @@ func (b *Brain) readOpenedMax(rel string, max int64) ([]byte, error) {
 	if max >= 0 && hfi.Size() > max {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is %d bytes (limit %d): %w", rel, hfi.Size(), max, ErrTooLarge)
 	}
-	return io.ReadAll(f)
+	var r io.Reader = f
+	if wrapAfterStat != nil {
+		r = wrapAfterStat(r)
+	}
+	if max < 0 {
+		return io.ReadAll(r)
+	}
+	// The handle's size can grow after the check; bound the read itself.
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r, max+1))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if int64(len(data)) > max {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s grew past %d bytes while read: %w", rel, max, ErrTooLarge)
+	}
+	return data, nil
 }
 
+// wrapAfterStat is a test seam: it runs between the size check and the read,
+// and wraps the reader the read consumes.
+var wrapAfterStat func(io.Reader) io.Reader
+
 // WalkRegular walks a brain-relative directory through the root and calls fn
 // for each regular file (directories are descended; symlinks, FIFOs and
 // devices are skipped, never followed). An entry error is passed to onErr and

ingestion/internal/brainfs/brainfs_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package brainfs
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
@@ -103,3 +104,38 @@ func TestReadRegularMaxRefusesAFileOverTheLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, got, 100)
 }
+
+func TestReadRegularMaxRefusesAndStopsReadingAFileThatGrowsPastTheLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	p := filepath.Join(dir, "grow.md")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(p, make([]byte, 10), 0o644))
+	consumed := &countingReader{}
+	wrapAfterStat = func(r io.Reader) io.Reader {
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(p, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = f.Write(make([]byte, 1000))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+		consumed.r = r
+		return consumed
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { wrapAfterStat = nil })
+	b, err := Open(dir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() { _ = b.Close() }()
+	got, err := b.ReadRegularMax("grow.md", 100)
+	assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, ErrTooLarge), "got %v", err)
+	assert.Nil(t, got)
+	assert.LessOrEqual(t, consumed.n, 101, "read past max+1 bytes")
+}
+
+type countingReader struct {
+	r io.Reader
+	n int
+}
+
+func (c *countingReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := c.r.Read(p)
+	c.n += n
+	return n, err
+}

ingestion/internal/brainfs/brainfstest/brainfstest.go

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-// Package brainfstest is the shared harness for hyperguild#157's behavioural
-// confinement tests: it keeps swapping a regular note, a symlink to an
-// outside file, or a FIFO (with a writer held open) into a path while a
-// reader under test loops. A reader is confined if no sentinel byte ever
-// reaches its output and it never hangs.
+// Package brainfstest is the shared harness for hyperguild#157's swap-race
+// tests: it keeps swapping a regular note, a symlink to an outside file, or a
+// FIFO (with a writer held open) into a path while a reader under test loops.
+// It observes two things: no sentinel byte from the outside file reaches the
+// reader's output, and the reader returns within a timeout. It does not cover
+// hard links, other paths into the reader, or races it does not generate.
 package brainfstest
 
 import (

ingestion/internal/mcp/readexcerpt_root_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // hyperguild#157 slice 2: readExcerpt (brain_context) read by path, so a
 // symlink in the Syncthing-shared brain put an outside file in context, and
 // a FIFO hung it. It now reads through brainfs.
-func TestReadExcerptIsConfinedToRegularFilesInTheBrain(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReadExcerptRefusesSymlinksAndSurvivesSwapRaces(t *testing.T) {
 	brain := t.TempDir()
 	facts := filepath.Join(brain, "wiki", "w", "facts")
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(facts, 0o755))

ingestion/internal/notes/edit.go

@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ func readContained(t Target) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Through the brain root, regular files only, size checked on the opened
 	// handle (hyperguild#157): Resolve's Lstat could be raced by a swap, and
 	// os.ReadFile blocked on a FIFO.
-	brainDir := strings.TrimSuffix(t.Abs, string(filepath.Separator)+filepath.FromSlash(t.Rel))
-	bfs, err := brainfs.Open(brainDir)
+	bfs, err := brainfs.Open(t.Brain)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("notes: %w", err)
 	}

ingestion/internal/notes/path.go

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ var (
 type Target struct {
 	Rel   string // brain-relative, cleaned
 	Abs   string // absolute, symlink-checked
+	Brain string // the brain root Rel is relative to
 }
 
 // Resolve canonicalises path, then checks it against the scope's allowlist,
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func Resolve(brainDir, path string, scope Scope) (Target, error) {
 		return Target{}, err
 	}
 
-	return Target{Rel: clean, Abs: abs}, nil
+	return Target{Rel: clean, Abs: abs, Brain: brainDir}, nil
 }
 
 // allow enforces the scope's allowlist. The two scopes are DISJOINT, not

ingestion/internal/notes/read_root_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // hyperguild#157 slice 2: ReadScoped (brain_read) Lstat-checked the final
 // component, then reopened by name with os.ReadFile: a swap after the check
 // was followed, and a FIFO blocked the read. It now reads through brainfs.
-func TestReadScopedIsConfinedToRegularFilesInTheBrain(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReadScopedRefusesSymlinksAndSurvivesSwapRaces(t *testing.T) {
 	brain := t.TempDir()
 	facts := filepath.Join(brain, "wiki", "w", "facts")
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(facts, 0o755))
@@ -29,3 +29,12 @@ func TestReadScopedIsConfinedToRegularFilesInTheBrain(t *testing.T) {
 	brainfstest.AssertNoLeak(t, p, "inside", 1500*time.Millisecond, read)
 	brainfstest.AssertNoHang(t, p, "inside", 1500*time.Millisecond, 6*time.Second, func() { _ = read() })
 }
+
+func TestReadScopedRefusesANoteOverMaxNoteBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	brain := t.TempDir()
+	facts := filepath.Join(brain, "wiki", "w", "facts")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(facts, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(facts, "big.md"), make([]byte, maxNoteBytes+1), 0o644))
+	_, err := ReadScoped(brain, "wiki/w/facts/big.md", ScopeNotes)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrTooLarge)
+}