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[musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod

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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer <at> redhat.com>
To: Rich Felker <dalias <at> libc.org>
Cc: musl <at> lists.openwall.com, 39236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:05:52 +0100

* Rich Felker:

> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 09:48:14PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Rich Felker:
>> 
>> >> Hmm.  The way I read the musl code, the O_PATH descriptor already
>> >> exists.  At this point, you can just chmod the O_PATH descriptor, and
>> >> have the kernel report EOPNOTSUPP if the file system does not support
>> >> that.
>> >
>> > Oh, you mean the second one after it's already open? Maybe that's ok.
>> 
>> Yes, that's what I meant.
>> 
>> > I was concerned it might follow the link and chmod the target at that
>> > point.
>> 
>> In my tests, it works.  I think it's also documented behavior for chown
>> on these pseudo-files.
>
> Do you know where we might find that documentation?

Ugh.  I'm probably misremembering.  It may have been a rejection of
patch to implement another f*at system call with AT_EMPTY_PATH support.
(I did find your 2013 message describing the chmod and chown behavior.)

Thanks,
Florian

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