.github: CI workflow for samples/tasks

Separate workflow from Linux-libretro-common-samples, since the two
test suites have different build shapes:

  * libretro-common/samples/ binaries are self-contained: each
    Makefile produces a single test binary that needs no arguments
    and exits on its own.  The existing workflow walks every
    Makefile under that tree with a generic build+run loop.

  * samples/tasks/ pulls in ~60 source files from across the
    retroarch tree -- core_info, playlist, msg_hash, libretro-db,
    the task queue, archivers -- and links the two demos with
    hand-written stubs for retroarch-core-only symbols.  The two
    binaries also have different runtime shapes (one is a demo
    that needs a real directory tree, the other a self-contained
    predicate test), so a generic loop is a poor fit.

Triggers paths the existing workflow doesn't cover:

  * samples/tasks/**                   (obvious)
  * tasks/task_decompress.c            (the predicate under test in
                                        archive_name_safety_test
                                        keeps a verbatim copy; if
                                        the upstream predicate is
                                        edited the copy must follow)
  * tasks/task_database{,_cue}.c       (compiled into database_task)
  * this workflow file itself

Behaviour:

  * database_task is built (catches compile/link regressions, which
    is most of what rots between releases), then invoked with no
    args to verify it prints usage and exits non-zero.  The full
    dbscan loop is NOT exercised in CI: task_push_dbscan ignores
    the caller's completion callback and delegates to
    task_push_manual_content_scan, which has no public way to
    plumb a completion signal back out.  The loop can only be
    terminated externally, which makes it a poor CI fit.  An
    honest note explaining this is in the workflow step's inline
    comment.

  * archive_name_safety_test is built and run with a 60s timeout.
    This is the true regression test -- it enumerates 23 safe and
    unsafe paths (including ".." traversal, absolute Unix and
    Windows paths, drive-letter prefixes, and backslash-separated
    attacks) and fails if archive_name_is_safe() ever regresses.

Local dry-run of every step on the current master:
  [pass] database_task builds and links
  [pass] database_task no-args exit=1 (expected non-zero)
  [pass] archive_name_safety_test all 23 cases pass

Author: LibretroAdmin

.github/workflows/Linux-samples-tasks.yml

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+name: CI Linux samples/tasks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - 'samples/tasks/**'
+      - 'tasks/task_decompress.c'
+      - 'tasks/task_database.c'
+      - 'tasks/task_database_cue.c'
+      - '.github/workflows/Linux-samples-tasks.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - 'samples/tasks/**'
+      - 'tasks/task_decompress.c'
+      - 'tasks/task_database.c'
+      - 'tasks/task_database_cue.c'
+      - '.github/workflows/Linux-samples-tasks.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
+
+jobs:
+  samples-tasks:
+    name: Build and run samples/tasks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Build database_task
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: samples/tasks/database
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          make clean all
+          test -x database_task
+
+      - name: Smoke-test database_task argv parsing
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: samples/tasks/database
+        run: |
+          set -u
+          # database_task with no args should print the usage line and
+          # exit non-zero.  This catches build regressions in the argv
+          # parsing / main() entry path without depending on the task
+          # queue actually running to completion -- task_push_dbscan
+          # delegates to task_push_manual_content_scan which does not
+          # plumb through the caller's completion callback, so the
+          # loop can only be terminated externally (by timeout or
+          # signal).  The full loop is exercised in local testing; in
+          # CI we settle for the argv smoke.
+          ./database_task > /dev/null 2>&1
+          rc=$?
+          if [[ $rc -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "::error title=Test failed::database_task with no args exited 0; expected non-zero (usage)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "[pass] database_task no-args exit=$rc (expected non-zero)"
+
+      - name: Build and run archive_name_safety_test
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: samples/tasks/decompress
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          make clean all
+          test -x archive_name_safety_test
+          # Regression test for the Zip Slip / absolute-path defences
+          # in tasks/task_decompress.c::archive_name_is_safe().  The
+          # test keeps a verbatim copy of the predicate and runs it
+          # against 23 safe and unsafe inputs.  If task_decompress.c
+          # ever amends the predicate, the copy here must follow.
+          timeout 60 ./archive_name_safety_test
+          echo "[pass] archive_name_safety_test"