[PATCH] afs, bash: Fix open(O_CREAT) on an extant AFS file in a sticky dir

Chet Ramey chet.ramey at case.edu
Wed May 14 05:50:47 PDT 2025


On 5/5/25 10:42 AM, Jeffrey E Altman wrote:

>>> So then just don't remove it. I don't see a reason for us to workaround
>>> userspace creating a bug for itself and forcing us to add two new inode
>>> operations to work around it.
>> This bash workaround introduced ages ago for AFS bypass fs.protected_regular
> 
> Chet, I don't think this history is correct. 

I think Etienne's terse comment accurately summarizes the current problem
(and maybe it would read more clearly if he had used `bypasses').

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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet at case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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