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

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Wed, 14 May 2025 08:50:47 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.cifs,gmane.comp.file-systems.openafs.devel
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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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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