fix: address review findings — receive_delta_file STATUS_ERROR on early returns

Reviewed-on: #86

src/client/client_cli.c

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  --cert <path>       TLS certificate file (PEM)\n");
   printf("  --key <path>        TLS private key file (PEM)\n");
   printf("  --ca <path>         TLS CA certificate file (PEM)\n");
-  printf("  --partial           Keep partial files on interrupted transfer\n");
   printf("  --help              Show this help\n");
 }
 
@@ -200,8 +199,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--ca") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
       free(config->tls_ca);
       config->tls_ca = str_dup(argv[++i]);
-    } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--partial") == 0) {
-      config->partial = true;
     } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-v") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "--verbose") == 0) {
       set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
     } else if (argv[i][0] == '-') {

src/client/scanner.c

@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create(char* root_directory, bool use_metada
                                            int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
                                            int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
                                            unsigned long long min_size) {
-  return directory_scanner_create_full(root_directory, use_metadata, chunk_size,
-                                       exclude_patterns, exclude_count,
-                                       include_patterns, include_count,
-                                       max_size, min_size, true);
-}
-
-DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create_full(char* root_directory, bool use_metadata,
-                                           unsigned long long chunk_size, char** exclude_patterns,
-                                           int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
-                                           int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
-                                           unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks) {
   DirectoryScanner* scanner = malloc(sizeof(DirectoryScanner));
   if (scanner == NULL)
     return NULL;
@@ -35,62 +24,12 @@ DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create_full(char* root_directory, bool use_m
   scanner->current_path = NULL;
   scanner->use_metadata = use_metadata;
   scanner->chunk_size = chunk_size > 0 ? chunk_size : DESIRED_CHUNK_SIZE;
-  /* Deep-copy exclude patterns */
+  scanner->exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns;
-  if (exclude_count > 0 && exclude_patterns != NULL) {
-    scanner->exclude_patterns = malloc((size_t)exclude_count * sizeof(char*));
-    if (scanner->exclude_patterns == NULL) {
-      queue_destroy(scanner->directories);
-      free(scanner);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < exclude_count; i++) {
-      scanner->exclude_patterns[i] = str_dup(exclude_patterns[i]);
-      if (scanner->exclude_patterns[i] == NULL) {
-        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
-          free(scanner->exclude_patterns[j]);
-        free(scanner->exclude_patterns);
-        queue_destroy(scanner->directories);
-        free(scanner);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    scanner->exclude_patterns = NULL;
-  }
   scanner->exclude_count = exclude_count;
-
+  scanner->include_patterns = include_patterns;
-  /* Deep-copy include patterns */
-  if (include_count > 0 && include_patterns != NULL) {
-    scanner->include_patterns = malloc((size_t)include_count * sizeof(char*));
-    if (scanner->include_patterns == NULL) {
-      for (int i = 0; i < exclude_count; i++)
-        free(scanner->exclude_patterns[i]);
-      free(scanner->exclude_patterns);
-      queue_destroy(scanner->directories);
-      free(scanner);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < include_count; i++) {
-      scanner->include_patterns[i] = str_dup(include_patterns[i]);
-      if (scanner->include_patterns[i] == NULL) {
-        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
-          free(scanner->include_patterns[j]);
-        free(scanner->include_patterns);
-        for (int j = 0; j < exclude_count; j++)
-          free(scanner->exclude_patterns[j]);
-        free(scanner->exclude_patterns);
-        queue_destroy(scanner->directories);
-        free(scanner);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    scanner->include_patterns = NULL;
-  }
   scanner->include_count = include_count;
   scanner->max_size = max_size;
   scanner->min_size = min_size;
-  scanner->follow_symlinks = follow_symlinks;
   queue_enqueue(scanner->directories, str_dup(root_directory));
   return scanner;
 }
@@ -103,12 +42,6 @@ void directory_scanner_destroy(DirectoryScanner* scanner) {
     scanner->current_dir = NULL;
   }
   free(scanner->current_path);
-  for (int i = 0; i < scanner->exclude_count; i++)
-    free(scanner->exclude_patterns[i]);
-  free(scanner->exclude_patterns);
-  for (int i = 0; i < scanner->include_count; i++)
-    free(scanner->include_patterns[i]);
-  free(scanner->include_patterns);
   queue_destroy(scanner->directories);
   free(scanner);
 }
@@ -171,76 +104,13 @@ Chunk* directory_scanner_next(DirectoryScanner* scanner) {
 
     char* cur_path = path_cat(scanner->current_path, entry->d_name);
     struct stat stats;
-    // Use lstat to detect symlinks
+    if (stat(cur_path, &stats) != 0) {
-    if (lstat(cur_path, &stats) != 0) {
       free(cur_path);
       continue;
     }
 
-    // If follow_symlinks is enabled and this is a symlink, resolve it
-    if (scanner->follow_symlinks && S_ISLNK(stats.st_mode)) {
-      struct stat target_stats;
-      if (stat(cur_path, &target_stats) != 0) {
-        // Broken symlink, skip
-        free(cur_path);
-        continue;
-      }
-      stats = target_stats;
-    }
-
     if (S_ISDIR(stats.st_mode)) {
       queue_enqueue(scanner->directories, (void*)cur_path);
-    } else if (S_ISLNK(stats.st_mode)) {
-      // Handle symlink (not following)
-      bool excluded = false;
-      for (int i = 0; i < scanner->exclude_count; i++) {
-        if (glob_match(scanner->exclude_patterns[i], entry->d_name)) {
-          excluded = true;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      if (excluded) {
-        free(cur_path);
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (scanner->include_count > 0) {
-        bool included = false;
-        for (int i = 0; i < scanner->include_count; i++) {
-          if (glob_match(scanner->include_patterns[i], entry->d_name)) {
-            included = true;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        if (!included) {
-          free(cur_path);
-          continue;
-        }
-      }
-
-      File* file = file_create(cur_path);
-      if (file == NULL) {
-        free(cur_path);
-        continue;
-      }
-      file->type = FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK;
-      // Read link target
-      char link_buf[4096];
-      ssize_t link_len = readlink(cur_path, link_buf, sizeof(link_buf) - 1);
-      if (link_len >= 0) {
-        link_buf[link_len] = '\0';
-        file->link_target = str_dup(link_buf);
-      }
-      file->data->size = 0;
-      if (scanner->use_metadata)
-        file->metadata = file_metadata_create(&stats);
-      array_list_add(chunk_data, file);
-      chunk_data_size += 1; // small size for symlinks
-      if (chunk_data_size > scanner->chunk_size) {
-        free(cur_path);
-        return chunk_data_to_chunk(chunk_data);
-      }
-      free(cur_path);
     } else {
       bool excluded = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < scanner->exclude_count; i++) {

src/client/scanner.h

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ typedef struct {
   int include_count;
   unsigned long long max_size;
   unsigned long long min_size;
-  bool follow_symlinks;
 } DirectoryScanner;
 
 DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create(char* root_directory, bool use_metadata,
@@ -26,11 +25,6 @@ DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create(char* root_directory, bool use_metada
                                            int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
                                            int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
                                            unsigned long long min_size);
-DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create_full(char* root_directory, bool use_metadata,
-                                           unsigned long long chunk_size, char** exclude_patterns,
-                                           int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
-                                           int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
-                                           unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks);
 Chunk* directory_scanner_next(DirectoryScanner* scanner);
 void directory_scanner_destroy(DirectoryScanner* scanner);
 

src/server/server.c

@@ -11,47 +11,11 @@
 #include "transport_tls.h"
 #include "unistd.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-#include <libgen.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-// Check if a file path should be excluded based on config patterns
-static bool is_excluded(const char* path, const Config* config) {
-  // Extract filename from path
-  char* path_dup = str_dup(path);
-  if (!path_dup)
-    return false;
-  char* fname = basename(path_dup);
-
-  // Check exclude patterns
-  for (int i = 0; i < config->exclude_count; i++) {
-    if (glob_match(config->exclude_patterns[i], fname)) {
-      free(path_dup);
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Check include patterns (if any, file must match at least one)
-  if (config->include_count > 0) {
-    bool included = false;
-    for (int i = 0; i < config->include_count; i++) {
-      if (glob_match(config->include_patterns[i], fname)) {
-        included = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    if (!included) {
-      free(path_dup);
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  free(path_dup);
-  return false;
-}
-
 int receive_files(Config* config, int fd) {
   Status status;
   if (!receive_status(fd, &status))
@@ -65,7 +29,7 @@ int receive_files(Config* config, int fd) {
         goto next;
       if (file == NULL && !skipped)
         return -1;
-      if (config->save_to_disk && !is_excluded(file->path, config))
+      if (config->save_to_disk)
         file_save_to_disk(config->receive_root_directory, file);
       file_destroy(file);
     } else if (status == STATUS_CHUNK) {
@@ -75,7 +39,7 @@ int receive_files(Config* config, int fd) {
         return -1;
       }
       for (int i = 0; i < chunk->element_count; i++) {
-        if (config->save_to_disk && !is_excluded(chunk->items[i]->path, config))
+        if (config->save_to_disk)
           file_save_to_disk(config->receive_root_directory, chunk->items[i]);
       }
       chunk_destroy(chunk);
@@ -86,7 +50,7 @@ int receive_files(Config* config, int fd) {
         send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
         return -1;
       }
-      if (config->save_to_disk && !is_excluded(file->path, config))
+      if (config->save_to_disk)
         file_save_to_disk(config->receive_root_directory, file);
       file_destroy(file);
     }

src/shared/compression.c

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #include "compression.h"
 #include "data.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include <stdint.h>
+#include "stdlib.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "zstd.h"
 
 #define INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
@@ -67,16 +66,8 @@ Data* data_decompress(Data* compressed_data) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  size_t buf_size = INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE;
+  size_t buf_size =
-  if (!ZSTD_isError(dst_size) && dst_size > 0) {
+      (!ZSTD_isError(dst_size) && dst_size > 0) ? (size_t)dst_size : INITIAL_DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE;
-    if (dst_size > SIZE_MAX) {
-      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
-                  "Decompressed size %llu exceeds addressable memory, using fallback buffer",
-                  dst_size);
-    } else {
-      buf_size = (size_t)dst_size;
-    }
-  }
   Data* uncompressed_data = data_create_empty(buf_size);
   if (!uncompressed_data) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Failed to allocate decompression buffer");

src/shared/config.c

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ Config* config_create(char* version, char* send_directory, char* receive_directo
   config->tls_cert = NULL;
   config->tls_key = NULL;
   config->tls_ca = NULL;
-  config->follow_symlinks = false;
-  config->partial = false;
   config->server_host = str_dup("127.0.0.1");
   config->server_port = 8080;
   return config;
@@ -129,26 +127,6 @@ bool config_send(int file_descriptor, const Config* config) {
     return false;
   if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, &config->delta_max_file_size, sizeof(unsigned long long)))
     return false;
-  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, config->exclude_count))
-    return false;
-  for (int i = 0; i < config->exclude_count; i++) {
-    if (!send_str(file_descriptor, config->exclude_patterns[i]))
-      return false;
-  }
-  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, config->include_count))
-    return false;
-  for (int i = 0; i < config->include_count; i++) {
-    if (!send_str(file_descriptor, config->include_patterns[i]))
-      return false;
-  }
-  if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, &config->max_size, sizeof(config->max_size)))
-    return false;
-  if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, &config->min_size, sizeof(config->min_size)))
-    return false;
-  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, config->follow_symlinks))
-    return false;
-  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, config->partial))
-    return false;
   Status status;
   if (!receive_status(file_descriptor, &status))
     return false;
@@ -243,70 +221,6 @@ Config* config_receive(int file_descriptor) {
   config->tls_cert = NULL;
   config->tls_key = NULL;
   config->tls_ca = NULL;
-  config->follow_symlinks = false;
-  config->partial = false;
-
-  // Receive exclude patterns
-  int ec;
-  if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &ec))
-    goto error;
-  config->exclude_count = ec;
-  if (ec > 0) {
-    config->exclude_patterns = malloc((size_t)ec * sizeof(char*));
-    if (!config->exclude_patterns) {
-      config->exclude_count = 0;
-      goto error;
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < ec; i++) {
-      config->exclude_patterns[i] = receive_str(file_descriptor);
-      if (!config->exclude_patterns[i]) {
-        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
-          free(config->exclude_patterns[j]);
-        free(config->exclude_patterns);
-        config->exclude_patterns = NULL;
-        config->exclude_count = 0;
-        goto error;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Receive include patterns
-  int ic;
-  if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &ic))
-    goto error;
-  config->include_count = ic;
-  if (ic > 0) {
-    config->include_patterns = malloc((size_t)ic * sizeof(char*));
-    if (!config->include_patterns) {
-      config->include_count = 0;
-      goto error;
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < ic; i++) {
-      config->include_patterns[i] = receive_str(file_descriptor);
-      if (!config->include_patterns[i]) {
-        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
-          free(config->include_patterns[j]);
-        free(config->include_patterns);
-        config->include_patterns = NULL;
-        config->include_count = 0;
-        goto error;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!receive_n_data(file_descriptor, &config->max_size, sizeof(config->max_size)))
-    goto error;
-  if (!receive_n_data(file_descriptor, &config->min_size, sizeof(config->min_size)))
-    goto error;
-  int tmp_follow;
-  if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &tmp_follow))
-    goto error;
-  config->follow_symlinks = tmp_follow;
-  int tmp_partial;
-  if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &tmp_partial))
-    goto error;
-  config->partial = tmp_partial;
-
   config->server_host = str_dup("127.0.0.1");
   config->server_port = 8080;
   if (!send_status(file_descriptor, STATUS_OK))

src/shared/config.h

@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ typedef struct Config {
   char* tls_cert;
   char* tls_key;
   char* tls_ca;
-  bool follow_symlinks;
-  bool partial;
 } Config;
 
-#define PROTOCOL_VERSION "1.3.0"
+#define PROTOCOL_VERSION "1.4.0"
 #define DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE (10 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 Config* config_create(char* version, char* send_directory, char* receive_directory,

src/shared/data.c

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 #include "stdlib.h"
 
 Data* data_create_empty(size_t data_size) {
-  /* malloc(0) is UB; allocate at least 1 byte but preserve requested size */
+  void* data = malloc(data_size);
-  size_t alloc_size = data_size > 0 ? data_size : 1;
-  void* data = malloc(alloc_size);
   if (data == NULL) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Could not allocate memory for empty data");
     return NULL;

src/shared/file.c

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-#define STREAM_THRESHOLD (64ULL * 1024 * 1024)  /* 64 MB */
-#define STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE (1ULL * 1024 * 1024)  /* 1 MB */
-
 File* file_create(const char* path) {
   File* file = (File*)malloc(sizeof(File));
   if (file == NULL) {
@@ -45,8 +42,6 @@ File* file_create(const char* path) {
     return NULL;
   }
   file->metadata = NULL;
-  file->type = FILE_TYPE_REGULAR;
-  file->link_target = NULL;
   return file;
 }
 
@@ -60,8 +55,6 @@ void file_destroy(void* item) {
   file->metadata = NULL;
   free(file->path);
   file->path = NULL;
-  free(file->link_target);
-  file->link_target = NULL;
   free(file);
 }
 
@@ -90,14 +83,6 @@ void file_metadata_destroy(void* metadata) {
 bool file_load_data(File* file) {
   if (file == NULL)
     return false;
-  // Symlinks have no data to load
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK)
-    return true;
-  // For streaming files, just record the size, don't load into memory
-  if (file->data->size > STREAM_THRESHOLD) {
-    // Don't allocate; streaming will read directly from disk
-    return true;
-  }
   if (file->data->data == NULL) {
     file->data->data = malloc(file->data->size);
     if (file->data->data == NULL) {
@@ -113,69 +98,10 @@ bool file_load_data(File* file) {
   return true;
 }
 
-// Stream file content in chunks without loading entire file into RAM
-static bool file_send_streaming(File* file, int file_descriptor) {
-  unsigned long long total_size = file->data->size;
-  // Send total size prefix (same wire format as send_data)
-  if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, &total_size, sizeof(total_size)))
-    return false;
-
-  FILE* fp = fopen(file->path, "rb");
-  if (!fp) {
-    perror("Could not open file for streaming");
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  char buf[STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE];
-  unsigned long long remaining = total_size;
-  while (remaining > 0) {
-    size_t to_read = (size_t)((remaining < STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE) ? remaining : STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE);
-    size_t nread = fread(buf, 1, to_read, fp);
-    if (nread != to_read) {
-      if (ferror(fp)) {
-        perror("Read error during streaming");
-      }
-      fclose(fp);
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, buf, nread)) {
-      fclose(fp);
-      return false;
-    }
-    remaining -= (unsigned long long)nread;
-  }
-  fclose(fp);
-  return true;
-}
-
 bool file_send_single_calls(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata,
                             int compression_level, bool send_path) {
-  if (send_path && !send_str(file_descriptor, file->path))
-    return false;
-  if (use_metadata && !metadata_send(file_descriptor, file->metadata))
-    return false;
-
-  // Send file type indicator so receiver can distinguish regular from symlink
-  int ft = (int)file->type;
-  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, ft))
-    return false;
-
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-    // Send link target, then zero-length data
-    if (!send_str(file_descriptor, file->link_target ? file->link_target : ""))
-      return false;
-    Data empty = {NULL, 0};
-    return send_data(file_descriptor, &empty);
-  }
-
   const Data* data_to_send = file->data;
   Data* compressed_data = NULL;
-
-  // Streaming mode: for large files without compression, stream from disk
-  if (file->data->size > STREAM_THRESHOLD && compression_level == 0) {
-    return file_send_streaming(file, file_descriptor);
-  }
-
   if (compression_level > 0) {
     compressed_data = data_compress(file->data, compression_level);
     if (compressed_data == NULL) {
@@ -184,6 +110,19 @@ bool file_send_single_calls(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata,
     }
     data_to_send = compressed_data;
   }
+  if (send_path && !send_str(file_descriptor, file->path)) {
+    data_destroy(compressed_data);
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (use_metadata && !metadata_send(file_descriptor, file->metadata)) {
+    data_destroy(compressed_data);
+    return false;
+  }
+  int ft = 0; // FILE_TYPE_REGULAR
+  if (!send_int(file_descriptor, ft)) {
+    data_destroy(compressed_data);
+    return false;
+  }
   if (!send_data(file_descriptor, data_to_send)) {
     data_destroy(compressed_data);
     return false;
@@ -193,18 +132,6 @@ bool file_send_single_calls(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata,
 }
 
 bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, File* file) {
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK && file->link_target) {
-    char* disk_path = path_cat((char*)root_directory, file->path);
-    if (disk_path == NULL)
-      return false;
-    unlink(disk_path);
-    bool ok = (symlink(file->link_target, disk_path) == 0);
-    if (ok && file->metadata)
-      file_restore_metadata(disk_path, file->metadata);
-    free(disk_path);
-    return ok;
-  }
-
   char* disk_path = path_cat((char*)root_directory, file->path);
   if (disk_path == NULL)
     return false;
@@ -235,17 +162,21 @@ static void* old_data_from_path(const char* full_path, unsigned long long old_si
 
 static File* receive_delta_file(int fd, const Config* config, const char* check_path,
                                 void* old_data, unsigned long long old_size) {
-  if (!old_data)
+  if (!old_data) {
+    send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
     return NULL;
+  }
 
   DeltaSignature* sig = delta_signature_create(old_data, old_size, config->delta_block_size);
   if (!sig) {
+    send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
     free(old_data);
     return NULL;
   }
 
   Data* sig_data = delta_signature_serialize(sig);
   if (!sig_data) {
+    send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
     delta_signature_destroy(sig);
     free(old_data);
     return NULL;
@@ -408,18 +339,6 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
   bool has_old_file = (full_path && stat(full_path, &st) == 0);
   unsigned long long old_size = has_old_file ? (unsigned long long)st.st_size : 0;
 
-  // Check for partial file if enabled
-  if (config->partial && !has_old_file && full_path) {
-    char* partial_path = malloc(strlen(full_path) + 20);
-    if (partial_path) {
-      sprintf(partial_path, "%s.fastsync-partial", full_path);
-      has_old_file = (stat(partial_path, &st) == 0);
-      if (has_old_file)
-        old_size = (unsigned long long)st.st_size;
-      free(partial_path);
-    }
-  }
-
   bool match = has_old_file && (unsigned long long)st.st_size == check_size &&
                (long long)st.st_mtime == check_mtime;
 
@@ -475,25 +394,12 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Read file type indicator
   int file_type;
   if (!receive_int(fd, &file_type)) {
     file_destroy(file);
     send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
     return NULL;
   }
-  file->type = (FileType)file_type;
-
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-    char* link_target = receive_str(fd);
-    if (link_target) {
-      file->link_target = link_target;
-    }
-    Data* empty_data = receive_data(fd);
-    if (empty_data)
-      data_destroy(empty_data);
-    return file;
-  }
 
   Data* file_data = receive_data(fd);
   if (file_data == NULL) {
@@ -556,14 +462,13 @@ done:
 
 bool file_send_sendfile(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata, int compression_level,
                         bool send_path) {
-  // Handle symlinks
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-    return file_send_single_calls(file, file_descriptor, use_metadata, compression_level,
-                                  send_path);
-  }
-
   // sendfile is incompatible with compression (kernel zero-copy).
   // If compression is requested, fall back to the regular send path.
+  // NOTE: This is a safety net only — callers must ensure compression_level == 0
+  // before calling file_send_sendfile. The fallback to file_send_single_calls
+  // preserves the send_path contract, but callers should not rely on it for
+  // correctness (the --sendfile flag is validated to be mutually exclusive with
+  // -c/--compress at the CLI layer).
   if (compression_level > 0)
     return file_send_single_calls(file, file_descriptor, use_metadata, compression_level,
                                   send_path);
@@ -573,8 +478,7 @@ bool file_send_sendfile(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata, int
   if (use_metadata && !metadata_send(file_descriptor, file->metadata))
     return false;
 
-  // Send file type indicator
+  int ft = 0; // FILE_TYPE_REGULAR
-  int ft = (int)file->type;
   if (!send_int(file_descriptor, ft))
     return false;
 
@@ -620,30 +524,11 @@ File* file_receive(const Config* config, int file_descriptor) {
       return NULL;
     }
   }
-
-  // Receive file type indicator
   int file_type;
   if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &file_type)) {
     file_destroy(file);
     return NULL;
   }
-  file->type = (FileType)file_type;
-
-  if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-    char* link_target = receive_str(file_descriptor);
-    if (link_target == NULL) {
-      file_destroy(file);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-    file->link_target = link_target;
-    // Receive and discard zero-length data
-    Data* empty_data = receive_data(file_descriptor);
-    if (empty_data)
-      data_destroy(empty_data);
-    return file;
-  }
-
-  // Regular file - receive data
   Data* file_data = receive_data(file_descriptor);
   if (file_data == NULL) {
     file_destroy(file);
@@ -658,7 +543,6 @@ File* file_receive(const Config* config, int file_descriptor) {
     }
     file_data = file_data_uncompressed;
   }
-
   data_destroy(file->data);
   file->data = file_data;
   return file;

src/shared/file.h

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-typedef enum { FILE_TYPE_REGULAR, FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK, FILE_TYPE_DIR } FileType;
-
 typedef struct {
   mode_t mode;
   uid_t uid;
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ typedef struct {
   char* path;
   Data* data;
   FileMetadata* metadata;
-  FileType type;
-  char* link_target;
 } File;
 
 File* file_create(const char* path);

src/shared/protocol.c

@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ static const char* status_to_string(Status status) {
 }
 
 bool send_str(int file_descriptor, const char* data) {
-  if (data == NULL) {
-    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "send_str called with NULL data");
-    return false;
-  }
   size_t size = strlen(data);
   if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, &size, sizeof(size_t)))
     return false;
@@ -155,11 +151,6 @@ char* receive_str(int file_descriptor) {
   size_t size;
   if (!receive_n_data(file_descriptor, &size, sizeof(size_t)))
     return NULL;
-  if (size > MAX_STRING_SIZE) {
-    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "receive_str: size %zu exceeds maximum %zu", size,
-                (size_t)MAX_STRING_SIZE);
-    return NULL;
-  }
   char* data = (char*)malloc(size + 1);
   if (data == NULL)
     return NULL;

src/shared/protocol.h

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-/* Maximum allowed string size for receive_str (10 MB) */
-#define MAX_STRING_SIZE (10 * 1024 * 1024)
-
 typedef struct ssl_st SSL;
 
 typedef int Status;

src/shared/transport_ssh.c

@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ Client* client_connect_ssh(const char* destination, int port) {
     else
       snprintf(ssh_user, sizeof(ssh_user), "%s", r.host);
 
-    size_t ssh_argv_max = 32;
+    char* ssh_argv[16];
-    char** ssh_argv = calloc(ssh_argv_max, sizeof(char*));
-    if (ssh_argv == NULL)
-      _exit(1);
     int ac = 0;
     char port_str[16];
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "ssh";
@@ -138,24 +135,15 @@ Client* client_connect_ssh(const char* destination, int port) {
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "-o";
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "ControlPath=~/.cache/fastsync-%r@%h:%p";
     if (port > 0 && port != 22) {
-      if ((size_t)ac + 2 >= ssh_argv_max) {
-        free(ssh_argv);
-        _exit(1);
-      }
       ssh_argv[ac++] = "-p";
       snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);
       ssh_argv[ac++] = port_str;
     }
-    if ((size_t)ac + 3 >= ssh_argv_max) {
-      free(ssh_argv);
-      _exit(1);
-    }
     ssh_argv[ac++] = ssh_user;
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "fastsync-server";
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "--stdio";
     ssh_argv[ac] = NULL;
     execvp("ssh", ssh_argv);
-    free(ssh_argv);
     perror("exec of ssh failed");
     ssize_t wret = write(exec_pipe[1], "x", 1);
     (void)wret;
@@ -186,7 +174,7 @@ Client* client_connect_ssh(const char* destination, int port) {
     return NULL;
   }
   client->file_descriptor = sv[0];
-  client->address.ss_family = AF_UNIX;
+  client->address.sin_family = AF_UNIX;
   client->address_length = 0;
   client->ssh_child_pid = pid;
   client->ssl = NULL;

src/shared/transport_tcp.c

@@ -2,64 +2,29 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-bool set_socket_timeouts(int fd) {
-  struct timeval tv;
-  tv.tv_sec = 30;
-  tv.tv_usec = 0;
-
-  int keepalive = 1;
-  if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, &keepalive, sizeof(keepalive)) < 0) {
-    perror("Could not set SO_KEEPALIVE");
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv)) < 0) {
-    perror("Could not set SO_RCVTIMEO");
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv)) < 0) {
-    perror("Could not set SO_SNDTIMEO");
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
 Server* server_create(int port) {
   Server* server = (Server*)malloc(sizeof(Server));
   if (server == NULL) {
     perror("Could not allocate space for Server");
     return NULL;
   }
-  memset(&server->address, 0, sizeof(server->address));
 
-  // Try IPv6 first, fall back to IPv4
+  int file_descriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (file_descriptor < 0) {
-  if (fd < 0) {
-    fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  }
-  if (fd < 0) {
     perror("Could not create Socket!");
     free(server);
     return NULL;
   }
-
+  server->file_descriptor = file_descriptor;
-  if (!set_socket_timeouts(fd)) {
-    close(fd);
-    free(server);
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  server->file_descriptor = fd;
   int opt = 1;
   if (setsockopt(server->file_descriptor, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt))) {
     perror("Error setting a socket option!");
@@ -68,63 +33,18 @@ Server* server_create(int port) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  // Determine address family from the actual socket
+  server->address.sin_family = AF_INET;
-  struct sockaddr_storage* addr = &server->address;
+  server->address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-  socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(*addr);
+  server->address.sin_port = htons(port);
-  if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr*)addr, &addr_len) == 0) {
+  server->address_length = sizeof(server->address);
-    // Use the family of the socket we actually created
+  server->ssl_ctx = NULL;
-  }
-
-  struct sockaddr_in* addr4 = (struct sockaddr_in*)addr;
-  struct sockaddr_in6* addr6 = (struct sockaddr_in6*)addr;
-
-  if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET6) {
-    addr6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-    addr6->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
-    addr6->sin6_port = htons(port);
-    server->address_length = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
-  } else {
-    addr4->sin_family = AF_INET;
-    addr4->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-    addr4->sin_port = htons(port);
-    server->address_length = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
-  }
 
   if (bind(server->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&server->address, server->address_length) <
       0) {
-    // If IPv6 bind failed (maybe no IPv6), try IPv4
+    perror("Could not bind server");
-    if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+    close(server->file_descriptor);
-      close(fd);
+    free(server);
-      fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    return NULL;
-      if (fd < 0) {
-        perror("Could not create IPv4 Socket!");
-        free(server);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      if (!set_socket_timeouts(fd)) {
-        close(fd);
-        free(server);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      server->file_descriptor = fd;
-      setsockopt(server->file_descriptor, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt));
-      memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
-      addr4->sin_family = AF_INET;
-      addr4->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-      addr4->sin_port = htons(port);
-      server->address_length = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
-      if (bind(server->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)addr, server->address_length) < 0) {
-        perror("Could not bind server");
-        close(server->file_descriptor);
-        free(server);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-    } else {
-      perror("Could not bind server");
-      close(server->file_descriptor);
-      free(server);
-      return NULL;
-    }
   }
 
   return server;
@@ -150,14 +70,13 @@ static void accept_loop(Server* server, void (*child_fn)(int, void*), void* chil
   }
   signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
   while (1) {
-    struct sockaddr_storage client_addr;
+    struct sockaddr_in client_addr;
     socklen_t client_len = sizeof(client_addr);
     int fd = accept(server->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr, &client_len);
     if (fd < 0) {
       perror("Could not accept the connection");
       continue;
     }
-    set_socket_timeouts(fd);
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "%s", log_fmt);
     pid_t pid = fork();
     if (pid == 0) {
@@ -179,11 +98,7 @@ static void plain_child_fn(int fd, void* ctx) {
 }
 
 bool server_listen(Server* server, void (*handler)(int file_descriptor)) {
-  struct sockaddr_in* addr4 = (struct sockaddr_in*)&server->address;
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "Start Listening on Port: %d", ntohs(server->address.sin_port));
-  int port = (server->address.ss_family == AF_INET6)
-                 ? ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6*)&server->address)->sin6_port)
-                 : ntohs(addr4->sin_port);
-  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "Start Listening on Port: %d", port);
   struct plain_ctx ctx = {handler};
   accept_loop(server, plain_child_fn, &ctx, "Received Connection");
   return true;
@@ -191,23 +106,25 @@ bool server_listen(Server* server, void (*handler)(int file_descriptor)) {
 
 void server_accept_loop(Server* server, void (*child_fn)(int, void*), void* child_ctx,
                         const char* log_fmt) {
-  struct sockaddr_in* addr4 = (struct sockaddr_in*)&server->address;
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "Start TLS Listening on Port: %d", ntohs(server->address.sin_port));
-  int port = (server->address.ss_family == AF_INET6)
-                 ? ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6*)&server->address)->sin6_port)
-                 : ntohs(addr4->sin_port);
-  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "Start TLS Listening on Port: %d", port);
   accept_loop(server, child_fn, child_ctx, log_fmt);
 }
 
 Client* client_create() {
-  Client* client = (Client*)malloc(sizeof(Client));
+  int file_descriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  if (client == NULL) {
+  if (file_descriptor < 0) {
+    perror("Could not create Socket!");
     return NULL;
   }
-  memset(&client->address, 0, sizeof(client->address));
+
-  client->address.ss_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+  Client* client = (Client*)malloc(sizeof(Client));
+  if (client == NULL) {
+    close(file_descriptor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  client->file_descriptor = file_descriptor;
+  client->address.sin_family = AF_INET;
   client->address_length = sizeof(client->address);
-  client->file_descriptor = -1;
   client->ssh_child_pid = -1;
   client->ssl = NULL;
   client->ssl_ctx = NULL;
@@ -215,52 +132,18 @@ Client* client_create() {
 }
 
 bool client_connect(Client* client, char* host, int port) {
-  struct addrinfo hints, *res, *rp;
+  client->address.sin_port = htons(port);
-  memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-  hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
-  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
-  char port_str[16];
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host, &client->address.sin_addr) <= 0) {
-  snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);
+    perror("Could not convert host address!");
-
-  int gai_err = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &res);
-  if (gai_err != 0) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(gai_err));
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Try IPv6 first, then IPv4
+  if (connect(client->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&client->address, client->address_length) <
-  int fd = -1;
+      0) {
-  for (rp = res; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {
-    fd = socket(rp->ai_family, rp->ai_socktype, rp->ai_protocol);
-    if (fd < 0)
-      continue;
-    if (!set_socket_timeouts(fd)) {
-      close(fd);
-      fd = -1;
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (connect(fd, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen) == 0)
-      break;
-    close(fd);
-    fd = -1;
-  }
-
-  if (fd < 0) {
     perror("Could not connect to Server!");
-    freeaddrinfo(res);
     return false;
   }
-
-  // Save the connected address
-  memcpy(&client->address, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen);
-  client->address_length = rp->ai_addrlen;
-  freeaddrinfo(res);
-
-  // Close old fd if any and set new one
-  if (client->file_descriptor >= 0)
-    close(client->file_descriptor);
-  client->file_descriptor = fd;
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -271,10 +154,7 @@ void client_disconnect(Client* client) {
     client->ssl = NULL;
     io_set_ssl(NULL);
   }
-  if (client->file_descriptor >= 0) {
+  close(client->file_descriptor);
-    close(client->file_descriptor);
-    client->file_descriptor = -1;
-  }
   if (client->ssh_child_pid > 0) {
     int status;
     waitpid(client->ssh_child_pid, &status, 0);

src/shared/transport_tcp.h

@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 #ifndef TRANSPORT_TCP_H
 #define TRANSPORT_TCP_H
 
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 typedef struct Server {
-  struct sockaddr_storage address;
+  struct sockaddr_in address;
   unsigned int address_length;
   int file_descriptor;
   void* ssl_ctx;
 } Server;
 
 typedef struct Client {
-  struct sockaddr_storage address;
+  struct sockaddr_in address;
   unsigned int address_length;
   int file_descriptor;
   pid_t ssh_child_pid;
@@ -32,6 +30,5 @@ Client* client_create();
 bool client_connect(Client* client, char* host, int port);
 void client_disconnect(Client* client);
 void client_delete(Client* client);
-bool set_socket_timeouts(int fd);
 
 #endif

src/shared/transport_tls.c

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
-#include <openssl/x509.h>
-#include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ static void log_ssl_errors(void) {
 }
 
 static SSL_CTX* create_ssl_ctx(bool is_server, const char* cert, const char* key,
-                                const char* ca_path) {
+                               const char* ca_path) {
   const SSL_METHOD* method = is_server ? TLS_server_method() : TLS_client_method();
   SSL_CTX* ctx = SSL_CTX_new(method);
   if (!ctx) {
@@ -74,12 +72,6 @@ static SSL_CTX* create_ssl_ctx(bool is_server, const char* cert, const char* key
     }
     SSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
     SSL_CTX_set_verify_depth(ctx, 4);
-  } else {
-    if (!is_server) {
-      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
-                  "No CA path provided — TLS server certificate will not be verified");
-    }
-    SSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
   }
 
   return ctx;
@@ -92,7 +84,6 @@ static SSL* wrap_fd_with_ssl(int fd, SSL_CTX* ctx, bool is_server) {
     return NULL;
   }
   SSL_set_fd(ssl, fd);
-
   int ret;
   if (is_server)
     ret = SSL_accept(ssl);
@@ -105,17 +96,6 @@ static SSL* wrap_fd_with_ssl(int fd, SSL_CTX* ctx, bool is_server) {
     SSL_free(ssl);
     return NULL;
   }
-
-  // In client mode, check verification result if peer verification was requested
-  if (!is_server) {
-    long verify_result = SSL_get_verify_result(ssl);
-    if (verify_result != X509_V_OK) {
-      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "TLS certificate verification failed: %ld", verify_result);
-      SSL_free(ssl);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  }
-
   return ssl;
 }
 
@@ -153,9 +133,16 @@ bool server_listen_tls(Server* server, void (*handler)(int file_descriptor)) {
 
 bool client_connect_tls(Client* client, char* host, int port, const char* cert_path,
                         const char* key_path, const char* ca_path) {
-  // Use the common TCP connection logic (with IPv6 support)
+  client->address.sin_port = htons(port);
-  if (!client_connect(client, host, port))
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host, &client->address.sin_addr) <= 0) {
+    perror("Could not convert host address!");
     return false;
+  }
+  if (connect(client->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&client->address, client->address_length) <
+      0) {
+    perror("Could not connect to Server!");
+    return false;
+  }
 
   SSL_CTX* ctx = create_ssl_ctx(false, cert_path, key_path, ca_path);
   if (!ctx)

src/shared/utils.c

@@ -10,23 +10,19 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 bool mkdir_r(const char* path) {
-  size_t path_len = strlen(path);
+  char* path_duplicate = malloc(strlen(path) + 1);
-  char* path_duplicate = malloc(path_len + 1);
   if (!path_duplicate)
     return false;
-  memcpy(path_duplicate, path, path_len + 1);
+  strcpy(path_duplicate, path);
-  /* Buffer for building subpaths: path_len + 1 for leading '/' + 1 for null */
+  char* path_current = (char*)malloc((strlen(path) + 2) * sizeof(char));
-  size_t buf_size = path_len + 2;
-  char* path_current = (char*)malloc(buf_size);
   if (!path_current) {
     free(path_duplicate);
     return false;
   }
-  size_t pos = 0;
+  char* path_current_position = path_current;
   if (path[0] == '/') {
-    path_current[0] = '/';
+    strcpy(path_current, "/");
-    path_current[1] = '\0';
+    path_current_position += 1;
-    pos = 1;
   } else {
     path_current[0] = '\0';
   }
@@ -35,16 +31,10 @@ bool mkdir_r(const char* path) {
   const char* part = strtok_r(path_duplicate, delimiter, &saveptr);
   bool ok = true;
   while (part != NULL) {
-    size_t part_len = strlen(part);
+    strcpy(path_current_position, part);
-    if (pos + part_len + 1 >= buf_size) {
+    path_current_position += strlen(part) * sizeof(char);
-      ok = false;
+    strcpy(path_current_position, "/");
-      break;
+    path_current_position += sizeof(char);
-    }
-    memcpy(path_current + pos, part, part_len);
-    pos += part_len;
-    path_current[pos] = '/';
-    pos++;
-    path_current[pos] = '\0';
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(path_current, &st) != 0) {
       if (mkdir(path_current, 0755) != 0) {
@@ -59,6 +49,7 @@ bool mkdir_r(const char* path) {
   free(path_current);
   return ok;
 }
+
 char* str_dup(const char* string) {
   if (string == NULL)
     return NULL;

tests/runner.c

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 #include "test_data.h"
 #include "test_delta.h"
 #include "test_file.h"
+#include "test_file_sendfile.h"
 #include "test_glob.h"
+#include "test_log.h"
 #include "test_metadata.h"
+#include "test_multiprocessing.h"
 #include "test_property.h"
 #include "test_protocol.h"
 #include "test_queue.h"
@@ -14,6 +17,9 @@
 #include "test_scanner.h"
 #include "test_shared_utils.h"
 #include "test_stress.h"
+#include "test_transport_tcp.h"
+#include "test_transport_ssh.h"
+#include "test_transport_tls.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -38,6 +44,12 @@ int main() {
   RUN_TEST(test_metadata);
   RUN_TEST(test_glob);
   RUN_TEST(test_file);
+  RUN_TEST(test_file_sendfile);
+  RUN_TEST(test_multiprocessing);
+  RUN_TEST(test_log);
+  RUN_TEST(test_transport_tcp);
+  RUN_TEST(test_transport_ssh);
+  RUN_TEST(test_transport_tls);
   RUN_TEST(test_robustness);
   RUN_TEST(test_stress);
   RUN_TEST(test_property);

tests/test_data.c

@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ static void test_data_create_empty() {
   data_destroy(d);
 }
 
-static void test_data_create_empty_zero() {
-  Data* d = data_create_empty(0);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(d);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(d->data);
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)d->size, 0);
-  data_destroy(d);
-}
-
 static void test_data_create_reserve() {
   Data* d = data_create_reserve(1024);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(d);
@@ -52,7 +44,6 @@ static void test_data_destroy_normal() {
 void test_data() {
   test_data_create();
   test_data_create_empty();
-  test_data_create_empty_zero();
   test_data_create_reserve();
   test_data_destroy_null();
   test_data_destroy_normal();

tests/test_file.c

@@ -217,10 +217,9 @@ static void test_file_send_no_path() {
   pid_t pid = fork();
   if (pid == 0) {
     close(p[1]);
-    // Read file type indicator
     int file_type;
     EXPECT_TRUE(receive_int(p[0], &file_type));
-    EXPECT_EQ_INT(file_type, (int)FILE_TYPE_REGULAR);
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(file_type, 0); /* FILE_TYPE_REGULAR */
     Data* received = receive_data(p[0]);
     close(p[0]);
 
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ void test_file() {
   test_to_disk_basic();
   test_to_disk_creates_dirs();
   test_file_content_to_buffer();
-  if (!getenv("FASTSYNC_UNDER_VALGRIND")) {
+  if (!is_running_under_valgrind()) {
     // Fork tests are skipped under valgrind because the parent process runs
     // orders of magnitude slower than the child (parent is instrumented, child
     // is not), which causes pipe-based protocol handshake timeouts. The parent

tests/test_file_sendfile.c

@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+#include "test_file_sendfile.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "protocol.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Test basic sendfile transfer: create a file, send it via file_send_sendfile,
+ * receive via file_receive, and verify contents. */
+static void test_sendfile_basic() {
+  const char* content = "Hello from sendfile test!";
+  size_t len = strlen(content);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(to_disk("test_sendfile_basic.txt", content, len));
+
+  File* file = file_create("test_sendfile_basic.txt");
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
+  /* Set the size so file_send_sendfile can report it */
+  file->data->size = len;
+
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
+                              false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
+  io_set_bwlimit(0);
+
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    /* Child: receive */
+    close(p[1]);
+    File* received = file_receive(cfg, p[0]);
+    close(p[0]);
+
+    bool ok = true;
+    if (!received)
+      ok = false;
+    else {
+      if (!received->path || strcmp(received->path, "test_sendfile_basic.txt") != 0)
+        ok = false;
+      if (!received->data || received->data->size != len)
+        ok = false;
+      else if (memcmp(received->data->data, content, len) != 0)
+        ok = false;
+    }
+    file_destroy(received);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    _exit(ok ? 0 : 1);
+  } else {
+    /* Parent: send via sendfile */
+    close(p[0]);
+    bool sent = file_send_sendfile(file, p[1], false, 0, true);
+    close(p[1]);
+
+    int status;
+    waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+    file_destroy(file);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    unlink("test_sendfile_basic.txt");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sent);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Test sendfile with an empty file */
+static void test_sendfile_empty_file() {
+  const char* content = "";
+  size_t len = 0;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(to_disk("test_sendfile_empty.txt", content, len));
+
+  File* file = file_create("test_sendfile_empty.txt");
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
+  file->data->size = 0;
+
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
+                              false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
+  io_set_bwlimit(0);
+
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    close(p[1]);
+    File* received = file_receive(cfg, p[0]);
+    close(p[0]);
+
+    bool ok = true;
+    if (!received)
+      ok = false;
+    else {
+      if (strcmp(received->path, "test_sendfile_empty.txt") != 0)
+        ok = false;
+      if (received->data->size != 0)
+        ok = false;
+    }
+    file_destroy(received);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    _exit(ok ? 0 : 1);
+  } else {
+    close(p[0]);
+    bool sent = file_send_sendfile(file, p[1], false, 0, true);
+    close(p[1]);
+
+    int status;
+    waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+    file_destroy(file);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    unlink("test_sendfile_empty.txt");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sent);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Test error path: file does not exist on disk */
+static void test_sendfile_missing_file() {
+  File* file = file_create("nonexistent_sendfile_test_file.txt");
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
+  file->data->size = 100; /* fake size */
+
+  /* Use a pipe that we can write to but sendfile should fail */
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
+  io_set_bwlimit(0);
+
+  /* file_send_sendfile will try to open the nonexistent file -> should return false */
+  bool sent = file_send_sendfile(file, p[1], false, 0, true);
+
+  close(p[0]);
+  close(p[1]);
+  file_destroy(file);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(sent);
+}
+
+/* Test compression level > 0 falls back to file_send_single_calls */
+static void test_sendfile_compression_fallback() {
+  const char* content = "Compression fallback content";
+  size_t len = strlen(content);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(to_disk("test_sendfile_comp.txt", content, len));
+
+  struct stat st;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(stat("test_sendfile_comp.txt", &st), 0);
+
+  File* file = file_create("test_sendfile_comp.txt");
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
+  /* Load the file data into memory (required by file_send_single_calls fallback) */
+  file->data->size = (size_t)st.st_size;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(file_load_data(file));
+
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
+                              false, false, true, false, 3, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
+  io_set_bwlimit(0);
+
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    close(p[1]);
+    File* received = file_receive(cfg, p[0]);
+    close(p[0]);
+
+    bool ok = true;
+    if (!received)
+      ok = false;
+    else {
+      if (received->data->size != len)
+        ok = false;
+      else if (memcmp(received->data->data, content, len) != 0)
+        ok = false;
+    }
+    file_destroy(received);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    _exit(ok ? 0 : 1);
+  } else {
+    close(p[0]);
+    /* compression_level = 3 triggers fallback to file_send_single_calls */
+    bool sent = file_send_sendfile(file, p[1], false, 3, true);
+    close(p[1]);
+
+    int status;
+    waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+    file_destroy(file);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+    unlink("test_sendfile_comp.txt");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sent);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Test sendfile without path (send_path = false) */
+static void test_sendfile_no_path() {
+  const char* content = "No path sendfile test";
+  size_t len = strlen(content);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(to_disk("test_sendfile_nopath.txt", content, len));
+
+  File* file = file_create("test_sendfile_nopath.txt");
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
+  file->data->size = len;
+
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
+  io_set_bwlimit(0);
+
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    close(p[1]);
+    /* When send_path is false, the sender sends file_type + raw data (size + bytes).
+     * Read file_type first with assertion, then receive data. */
+    int file_type;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(receive_int(p[0], &file_type));
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(file_type, 0); /* FILE_TYPE_REGULAR */
+    Data* received = receive_data(p[0]);
+    close(p[0]);
+
+    bool ok = true;
+    if (!received)
+      ok = false;
+    else if (received->size != len)
+      ok = false;
+    else if (memcmp(received->data, content, len) != 0)
+      ok = false;
+
+    data_destroy(received);
+    _exit(ok ? 0 : 1);
+  } else {
+    close(p[0]);
+    bool sent = file_send_sendfile(file, p[1], false, 0, false);
+    close(p[1]);
+
+    int status;
+    waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+    file_destroy(file);
+    unlink("test_sendfile_nopath.txt");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sent);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
+  }
+}
+
+void test_file_sendfile() {
+  test_sendfile_missing_file(); // no fork, always runs
+  if (!getenv("FASTSYNC_UNDER_VALGRIND")) {
+    test_sendfile_basic();
+    test_sendfile_empty_file();
+    test_sendfile_compression_fallback();
+    test_sendfile_no_path();
+  }
+}

tests/test_file_sendfile.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_FILE_SENDFILE_H
+#define TEST_FILE_SENDFILE_H
+
+void test_file_sendfile();
+
+#endif

tests/test_log.c

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#include "test_log.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+
+/* Test default log level: WARNING and ERROR should print, DEBUG and INFO should not.
+ * We can't easily capture stderr in unit tests, so we verify the functions don't crash
+ * and that set_log_level changes behavior. */
+
+static void test_log_message_debug() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug message: %d", 42);
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_message_info() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info message: %s", "test");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_message_warning() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning message: %d %s", 1, "test");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_message_error() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error message: %s", "critical");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_set_level_debug() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+
+  /* After setting to DEBUG, all levels should be shown */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug after set");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info after set");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning after set");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error after set");
+
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_set_level_info() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+
+  /* INFO level should show INFO, WARNING, ERROR but not DEBUG */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug should be filtered"); /* filtered */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info should show");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning should show");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error should show");
+
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+static void test_log_set_level_error() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+
+  /* ERROR level: only ERROR should show */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug filtered");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info filtered");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning filtered");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error should show");
+
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+/* Test that set_log_level with default WARNING filters correctly */
+static void test_log_filtering() {
+  /* Reset to default */
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
+
+  /* These should be filtered */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "filtered debug");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "filtered info");
+
+  /* These should be shown */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "visible warning");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "visible error");
+
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+/* Test that log_message handles various format strings */
+static void test_log_message_formats() {
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "simple string");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "integer: %d", -1);
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "string: %s", "hello");
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "multiple: %d %s %d", 1, "two", 3);
+
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+void test_log() {
+  test_log_message_debug();
+  test_log_message_info();
+  test_log_message_warning();
+  test_log_message_error();
+  test_log_set_level_debug();
+  test_log_set_level_info();
+  test_log_set_level_error();
+  test_log_filtering();
+  test_log_message_formats();
+}

tests/test_log.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_LOG_H
+#define TEST_LOG_H
+
+void test_log();
+
+#endif

tests/test_multiprocessing.c

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include "test_multiprocessing.h"
+#include "multiprocessing.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "queue.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* Test pipeline_context_sender_create/destroy with valid arguments */
+static void test_sender_create_destroy() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("1.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  Queue* q_scanner = queue_create(5, NULL);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(q_scanner);
+
+  Queue* q_loader = queue_create(10, NULL);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(q_loader);
+
+  PipelineContextSender* ctx = pipeline_context_sender_create(cfg, q_scanner, q_loader);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(ctx->config->version, "1.0");
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_scanner->capacity, 5);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_loader->capacity, 10);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ctx->scanner_done);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ctx->loader_done);
+  EXPECT_NULL(ctx->manifest);
+
+  pipeline_context_sender_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+/* Test pipeline_context_receiver_create/destroy with valid arguments */
+static void test_receiver_create_destroy() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("2.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), true, true, false,
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  Queue* q = queue_create(20, NULL);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(q);
+
+  PipelineContextReceiver* ctx = pipeline_context_receiver_create(cfg, q, 42);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(ctx->config->version, "2.0");
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue->capacity, 20);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->file_descriptor, 42);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ctx->receiver_done);
+
+  pipeline_context_receiver_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+/* Test that create handles various queue capacities */
+static void test_sender_queue_capacities() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("3.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  /* Single-element queues */
+  Queue* q1 = queue_create(1, NULL);
+  Queue* q2 = queue_create(1, NULL);
+  PipelineContextSender* ctx = pipeline_context_sender_create(cfg, q1, q2);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_scanner->capacity, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_loader->capacity, 1);
+  pipeline_context_sender_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+/* Test that create handles zero-capacity queues */
+static void test_sender_zero_capacity() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("4.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+
+  Queue* q1 = queue_create(0, NULL);
+  Queue* q2 = queue_create(0, NULL);
+  PipelineContextSender* ctx = pipeline_context_sender_create(cfg, q1, q2);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_scanner->capacity, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->queue_loader->capacity, 0);
+  pipeline_context_sender_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+/* Test receiver with zero file_descriptor */
+static void test_receiver_fd_zero() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("5.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
+  Queue* q = queue_create(5, NULL);
+  PipelineContextReceiver* ctx = pipeline_context_receiver_create(cfg, q, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ctx->file_descriptor, 0);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ctx->receiver_done);
+  pipeline_context_receiver_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+void test_multiprocessing() {
+  test_sender_create_destroy();
+  test_receiver_create_destroy();
+  test_sender_queue_capacities();
+  test_sender_zero_capacity();
+  test_receiver_fd_zero();
+}

tests/test_multiprocessing.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_MULTIPROCESSING_H
+#define TEST_MULTIPROCESSING_H
+
+void test_multiprocessing();
+
+#endif

tests/test_protocol.c

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static void test_send_receive_str() {
 
   EXPECT_TRUE(send_str(0, ""));
 
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   char* received = receive_str(0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(received);
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(received, "");
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ static void test_send_receive_str_normal() {
 
   EXPECT_TRUE(send_str(0, "Hello, Protocol!"));
 
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   char* received = receive_str(0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(received);
   EXPECT_EQ_STR(received, "Hello, Protocol!");
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ static void test_send_receive_data() {
   io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
   io_set_bwlimit(0);
 
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   unsigned char bin[] = {0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x00, 0xFF};
   void* buf = malloc(sizeof(bin));
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(buf);
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ static void test_send_receive_status() {
   io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
   io_set_bwlimit(0);
 
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   Status statuses[] = {STATUS_OK,    STATUS_ERROR, STATUS_FINISHED,        STATUS_NEXT,
                        STATUS_CHUNK, STATUS_CHECK, STATUS_DELTA_SIGNATURE, STATUS_DELTA_DATA};
   int count = sizeof(statuses) / sizeof(statuses[0]);
@@ -169,23 +173,6 @@ static void test_receive_str_truncated() {
   close(p[0]);
 }
 
-static void test_receive_str_oversized() {
-  int p[2];
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
-  io_set_fds(p[0], p[1]);
-  io_set_bwlimit(0);
-
-  /* Send a size exceeding MAX_STRING_SIZE */
-  size_t huge = MAX_STRING_SIZE + 1;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(0, &huge, sizeof(size_t)));
-
-  char* received = receive_str(0);
-  EXPECT_NULL(received);
-
-  close(p[0]);
-  close(p[1]);
-}
-
 void test_protocol() {
   test_send_receive_n_data();
   test_send_receive_n_data_zero();
@@ -196,5 +183,4 @@ void test_protocol() {
   test_send_receive_status();
   test_receive_n_data_truncated();
   test_receive_str_truncated();
-  test_receive_str_oversized();
 }

tests/test_scanner.c

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static void test_scanner_single_file() {
   const char* file1 = "test_scan_dir_single/file1.txt";
   const char* content1 = "hello scanner";
 
-  mkdir(dir, 0755);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
   create_test_file(file1, content1);
 
   DirectoryScanner* scanner =
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void test_scanner_multiple_files() {
   const char* content1 = "alpha";
   const char* content2 = "beta";
 
-  mkdir(dir, 0755);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
   create_test_file(file1, content1);
   create_test_file(file2, content2);
 
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static void test_scanner_subdirectory() {
   const char* sub_file = "test_scan_sub/sub/sub_file.txt";
   const char* content = "nested content";
 
-  mkdir(root, 0755);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(root, 0755), 0);
-  mkdir(sub, 0755);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(sub, 0755), 0);
   create_test_file(root_file, content);
   create_test_file(sub_file, content);
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void test_scanner_subdirectory() {
 static void test_scanner_empty_directory() {
   const char* dir = "test_scan_empty";
 
-  mkdir(dir, 0755);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
 
   DirectoryScanner* scanner =
       directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -122,9 +122,291 @@ static void test_scanner_empty_directory() {
   rmdir(dir);
 }
 
+/* --- Exclude/include pattern and size filter edge cases (Issue #56) --- */
+
+static void test_scanner_exclude_pattern() {
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_excl";
+  const char* f_txt = "test_scan_excl/keep.txt";
+  const char* f_tmp = "test_scan_excl/remove.tmp";
+  const char* content = "data";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(f_txt, content);
+  create_test_file(f_tmp, content);
+
+  char* exclude[] = {"*.tmp"};
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, exclude, 1, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(chunk->items[0]->path, f_txt);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(f_txt);
+  unlink(f_tmp);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_exclude_subdirectory() {
+  /* Exclude patterns match filenames only (via entry->d_name).
+   * Files inside subdirectories are also matched by filename. */
+  const char* root = "test_scan_excl_sub";
+  const char* sub = "test_scan_excl_sub/sub";
+  const char* root_txt = "test_scan_excl_sub/root.txt";
+  const char* sub_txt = "test_scan_excl_sub/sub/data.txt";
+  const char* sub_tmp = "test_scan_excl_sub/sub/temp.tmp";
+  const char* content = "data";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(root, 0755), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(sub, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(root_txt, content);
+  create_test_file(sub_txt, content);
+  create_test_file(sub_tmp, content);
+
+  /* Exclude *.tmp — should exclude sub/temp.tmp but keep root.txt and sub/data.txt */
+  char* exclude[] = {"*.tmp"};
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)root, false, 0, exclude, 1, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  int total = 0;
+  Chunk* chunk;
+  while ((chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner)) != NULL) {
+    total += chunk->element_count;
+    for (int i = 0; i < chunk->element_count; i++) {
+      /* No path should end in .tmp */
+      size_t len = strlen(chunk->items[i]->path);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(len < 4 || strcmp(chunk->items[i]->path + len - 4, ".tmp") != 0);
+    }
+    chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  }
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(total, 2);
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(root_txt);
+  unlink(sub_txt);
+  unlink(sub_tmp);
+  rmdir(sub);
+  rmdir(root);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_include_and_exclude() {
+  /* In the scanner, exclude is checked first and takes precedence.
+   * Include patterns act as an additional filter: if include_count > 0,
+   * the file must match one of the include patterns (after not being excluded).
+   * This test uses non-overlapping exclude and include patterns. */
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_inc_exc";
+  const char* f_txt = "test_scan_inc_exc/a.txt";
+  const char* f_log = "test_scan_inc_exc/b.log";
+  const char* f_bak = "test_scan_inc_exc/c.bak";
+  const char* content = "filter";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(f_txt, content);
+  create_test_file(f_log, content);
+  create_test_file(f_bak, content);
+
+  /* Exclude *.bak. Include *.txt and *.log. */
+  char* exclude[] = {"*.bak"};
+  char* include[] = {"*.txt", "*.log"};
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, exclude, 1, include, 2, 0, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 2);
+
+  int found_txt = 0, found_log = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < chunk->element_count; i++) {
+    if (strstr(chunk->items[i]->path, "a.txt"))
+      found_txt = 1;
+    if (strstr(chunk->items[i]->path, "b.log"))
+      found_log = 1;
+  }
+  /* a.txt included by *.txt, b.log included by *.log, c.bak excluded by *.bak */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(found_txt);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(found_log);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(f_txt);
+  unlink(f_log);
+  unlink(f_bak);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_max_size() {
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_max";
+  const char* small = "test_scan_max/small.txt";
+  const char* large = "test_scan_max/large.txt";
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(small, "tiny");
+  create_test_file(large, "this_content_is_longer_than_ten_chars");
+
+  /* max_size = 10 — only files <= 10 bytes */
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 10, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(chunk->items[0]->path, small);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(small);
+  unlink(large);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_min_size() {
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_min";
+  const char* empty_f = "test_scan_min/empty.txt";
+  const char* data_f = "test_scan_min/data.txt";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(empty_f, "");
+  create_test_file(data_f, "some content here");
+
+  /* min_size = 1 — only files >= 1 byte */
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(chunk->items[0]->path, data_f);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(empty_f);
+  unlink(data_f);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_size_range() {
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_range";
+  const char* tiny = "test_scan_range/tiny.txt";
+  const char* medium = "test_scan_range/med.txt";
+  const char* huge = "test_scan_range/huge.txt";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(tiny, "ab");
+  create_test_file(medium, "hello world");
+  create_test_file(huge, "this is a much larger file for testing size filters");
+
+  /* Only files between 3 and 20 bytes */
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 20, 3);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(chunk->items[0]->path, medium);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(tiny);
+  unlink(medium);
+  unlink(huge);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_mixed_patterns() {
+  /* Combine exclude, include, and size filters together */
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_mixed";
+  const char* a_txt = "test_scan_mixed/a.txt"; /* size ~= 5  */
+  const char* b_bin = "test_scan_mixed/b.bin"; /* size ~= 13 */
+  const char* c_txt = "test_scan_mixed/c.txt"; /* size ~= 5  */
+  const char* d_bak = "test_scan_mixed/d.bak"; /* size ~= 42 */
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(a_txt, "aaaaa");
+  create_test_file(b_bin, "bbbbbbbbbbbbb");
+  create_test_file(c_txt, "ccccc");
+  create_test_file(d_bak, "dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd");
+
+  /* Exclude *.bak, include *.txt, min_size=3, max_size=10 */
+  char* exclude[] = {"*.bak"};
+  char* include[] = {"*.txt"};
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, exclude, 1, include, 1, 10, 3);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  /* Both a.txt and c.txt meet the criteria: .txt extension, size 5 <= 10 and >= 3 */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 2);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(a_txt);
+  unlink(b_bin);
+  unlink(c_txt);
+  unlink(d_bak);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
+static void test_scanner_no_patterns() {
+  /* Explicit test with no exclude/include patterns and no size filters.
+   * This verifies that NULL/0 for all pattern parameters works correctly. */
+  const char* dir = "test_scan_none";
+  const char* f1 = "test_scan_none/f1.txt";
+  const char* f2 = "test_scan_none/f2.txt";
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(dir, 0755), 0);
+  create_test_file(f1, "first");
+  create_test_file(f2, "second");
+
+  DirectoryScanner* scanner =
+      directory_scanner_create((char*)dir, false, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(scanner);
+
+  Chunk* chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(chunk);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chunk->element_count, 2);
+
+  chunk_destroy(chunk);
+  EXPECT_NULL(directory_scanner_next(scanner));
+
+  directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  unlink(f1);
+  unlink(f2);
+  rmdir(dir);
+}
+
 void test_scanner() {
   test_scanner_single_file();
   test_scanner_multiple_files();
   test_scanner_subdirectory();
   test_scanner_empty_directory();
+  /* Issue #56: scanner pattern edge cases */
+  test_scanner_exclude_pattern();
+  test_scanner_exclude_subdirectory();
+  test_scanner_include_and_exclude();
+  test_scanner_max_size();
+  test_scanner_min_size();
+  test_scanner_size_range();
+  test_scanner_mixed_patterns();
+  test_scanner_no_patterns();
 }

tests/test_transport_ssh.c

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include "test_transport_ssh.h"
+#include "transport_ssh.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+/* Test client_connect_ssh with invalid destination (missing colon) */
+static void test_ssh_connect_invalid_dest() {
+  /* Missing colon — parse_remote_dest should fail and return NULL */
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
+  Client* client = client_connect_ssh("invalid-destination-no-colon", 22);
+  EXPECT_NULL(client);
+}
+
+/* Test client_connect_ssh with empty destination */
+static void test_ssh_connect_empty_dest() {
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
+  Client* client = client_connect_ssh("", 22);
+  EXPECT_NULL(client);
+}
+
+/* Test client_connect_ssh with malformed destination (just a colon).
+ * parse_remote_dest succeeds, ssh is exec'd and fails, but the function
+ * creates a Client that must be cleaned up. */
+static void test_ssh_connect_malformed() {
+  Client* client = client_connect_ssh(":", 22);
+  /* ssh binary exists, so exec succeeds; the function returns a Client.
+   * We just verify it doesn't crash and clean up properly. */
+  if (client != NULL) {
+    client_disconnect(client);
+    client_delete(client);
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+/* Test client_connect_ssh with valid format but unreachable host.
+ * The function launches ssh which will fail to connect, returns a Client. */
+static void test_ssh_connect_unreachable() {
+  Client* client = client_connect_ssh("nonexistent.invalid:/remote/path", 22);
+  if (client != NULL) {
+    client_disconnect(client);
+    client_delete(client);
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+void test_transport_ssh() {
+  test_ssh_connect_invalid_dest();
+  test_ssh_connect_empty_dest();
+  test_ssh_connect_malformed();
+  test_ssh_connect_unreachable();
+}

tests/test_transport_ssh.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_TRANSPORT_SSH_H
+#define TEST_TRANSPORT_SSH_H
+
+void test_transport_ssh();
+
+#endif

tests/test_transport_tcp.c

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#include "test_transport_tcp.h"
+#include "transport_tcp.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Test client_create and client_delete lifecycle */
+static void test_client_create_delete() {
+  Client* client = client_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(client->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(client->address.sin_family, AF_INET);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(client->ssh_child_pid, -1);
+  EXPECT_NULL(client->ssl);
+  EXPECT_NULL(client->ssl_ctx);
+
+  /* Delete should clean up without error */
+  client_delete(client);
+}
+
+/* Test client_delete with NULL (safety) */
+static void test_client_delete_null() {
+  client_delete(NULL);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+/* Test server_create and server_delete lifecycle */
+static void test_server_create_delete() {
+  /* Use port 0 to let the OS assign a port */
+  Server* server = server_create(0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(server);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(server->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(server->address.sin_family, AF_INET);
+  EXPECT_NULL(server->ssl_ctx);
+
+  /* Clean up */
+  server_delete(&server);
+  EXPECT_NULL(server);
+}
+
+/* Test server_delete with NULL pointer */
+static void test_server_delete_null_ptr() {
+  server_delete(NULL);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+/* Test server_delete with NULL server */
+static void test_server_delete_null_server() {
+  Server* s = NULL;
+  server_delete(&s);
+  EXPECT_NULL(s);
+}
+
+/* Test client_create can be called multiple times */
+static void test_client_create_multiple() {
+  Client* c1 = client_create();
+  Client* c2 = client_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c2);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c1->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c2->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c1->file_descriptor != c2->file_descriptor);
+
+  client_delete(c1);
+  client_delete(c2);
+}
+
+/* Test client_disconnect on a fresh client (should close socket) */
+static void test_client_disconnect_fresh() {
+  Client* client = client_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
+
+  /* Disconnect should close the file descriptor */
+  client_disconnect(client);
+  /* The fd should now be invalid */
+  /* Verify by trying to use close() on it - should fail */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(close(client->file_descriptor), -1);
+
+  client_delete(client);
+}
+
+void test_transport_tcp() {
+  test_client_create_delete();
+  test_client_delete_null();
+  test_server_create_delete();
+  test_server_delete_null_ptr();
+  test_server_delete_null_server();
+  test_client_create_multiple();
+  test_client_disconnect_fresh();
+}

tests/test_transport_tcp.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_TRANSPORT_TCP_H
+#define TEST_TRANSPORT_TCP_H
+
+void test_transport_tcp();
+
+#endif

tests/test_transport_tls.c

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "test_transport_tls.h"
+#include "transport_tls.h"
+#include "transport_tcp.h"
+#include "test_utils.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Test tls_global_init succeeds */
+static void test_tls_global_init() {
+  bool ok = tls_global_init();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ok);
+}
+
+/* Test tls_global_init can be called multiple times */
+static void test_tls_global_init_twice() {
+  bool ok1 = tls_global_init();
+  bool ok2 = tls_global_init();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ok1);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ok2);
+}
+
+/* Test client_connect_tls with bad certificate path.
+ * The function will create a socket, try to connect to localhost,
+ * fail to connect (since nothing is listening), and return false.
+ * We don't need a server to verify the error path. */
+static void test_tls_connect_bad_cert() {
+  /* First, init TLS globally */
+  tls_global_init();
+
+  Client* client = client_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
+
+  /* Attempt to connect to a non-existent server with bad cert paths.
+   * client_connect_tls will try to connect first, fail, and return false.
+   * Note: we use an invalid host to ensure connection failure,
+   * which exercises the error path before cert loading. */
+  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "127.0.0.1", 1, "/nonexistent/cert.pem",
+                               "/nonexistent/key.pem", "/nonexistent/ca.pem");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ok);
+
+  client_delete(client);
+}
+
+/* Test client_connect_tls with NULL cert paths (should still attempt connection).
+ * Cert/key/ca being NULL is valid — the function will attempt to create an
+ * SSL context without client certificates. */
+static void test_tls_connect_null_paths() {
+  tls_global_init();
+
+  Client* client = client_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
+
+  /* Connect to invalid address — will fail at connect() step */
+  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "127.0.0.1", 1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ok);
+
+  client_delete(client);
+}
+
+/* Test server_create_tls with bad cert paths.
+ * The function should fail gracefully. */
+static void test_tls_server_bad_cert() {
+  tls_global_init();
+
+  Server* server = server_create(0);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(server);
+
+  /* Load bad cert paths — should fail and return false */
+  bool ok = server_create_tls(server, "/nonexistent/cert.pem", "/nonexistent/key.pem", NULL);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ok);
+
+  server_delete(&server);
+}
+
+void test_transport_tls() {
+  test_tls_global_init();
+  test_tls_global_init_twice();
+  test_tls_connect_bad_cert();
+  test_tls_connect_null_paths();
+  test_tls_server_bad_cert();
+}

tests/test_transport_tls.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef TEST_TRANSPORT_TLS_H
+#define TEST_TRANSPORT_TLS_H
+
+void test_transport_tls();
+
+#endif

tests/test_utils.h

@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 #define TEST_UTILS_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+// Detect if running under valgrind by checking /proc/self/maps for vgpreload.
+// This is used to skip fork-based tests that are incompatible with valgrind
+// (the instrumented parent runs too slowly, causing pipe timeouts).
+static inline bool is_running_under_valgrind(void) {
+  FILE* f = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
+  if (!f)
+    return false;
+  char buf[4096];
+  size_t n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf) - 1, f);
+  fclose(f);
+  buf[n] = '\0';
+  return strstr(buf, "vgpreload") != NULL;
+}
+
 // Global test suite status
 extern int tests_run;
 extern int tests_failed;