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

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Message-ID: <ad62849c-1728-4bae-b0d5-7d87dc94825f@case.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 08:50:47 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu>
To: Jeffrey E Altman <jaltman@...istor.com>,
        Etienne Champetier <champetier.etienne@...il.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: chet.ramey@...e.edu, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
        Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux AFS mailing list <linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        "openafs-devel@...nafs.org" <openafs-devel@...nafs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs, bash: Fix open(O_CREAT) on an extant AFS file in a
 sticky dir

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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