linux-kernel - Re: rename("a", "b") would not always remove "a" on success. ?!!

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Date:	Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:19:24 +0200
From:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Eric Blake <eblake@...hat.com>,
	Pádraig Brady <P@...igbrady.com>,
	Coreutils <coreutils@....org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christian Engelmayer <christian.engelmayer@...quentis.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: rename("a", "b") would not always remove "a" on success. ?!!

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:00 AM, Denys Vlasenko
<vda.linux@...glemail.com> wrote:
> In my opinion, the key word here is "theoritically".
> Is there even one real-world program which depends on this?
> I bet there is not.
>

The best way to find such a program is breaking it by changing the
kernel's behavior. ;-)

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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