[debbugs-tracker] bug#11100: closed (Racy code in copy.c)

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and subject line Re: bug#11074: Possible bug in cp from coreutils 6.12
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #11074,
regarding Racy code in copy.c
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> Racy code in copy.c
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> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:58:18 +0200
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> Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
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> I'd like to pass on observations from my collegue Neil Brown:
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> in src/copy.c, copy_reg() is passed "bool *new_dst".
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> This is 'false' if the file already exists, in which case it attempts to
> open the file with O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY.
> If it is 'true', only then does it use O_CREAT (and others).
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> Somewhere up the call chain - I'm not sure where - new_dst is set if 'stat'
> on the file succeeds.  The above mentioned code assumes that the file still
> exists.  This is racy - particularly for NFS where deletions from other
> clients can take a while to appear.
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> Philipp
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> Re: bug#11074: Possible bug in cp from coreutils 6.12
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> Tue, 08 May 2012 11:16:20 +0200
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> Philipp Thomas wrote:
> > I copy a file from one NFS export to another NFS export and execute
> > it in the new location, I get a "'Stale NFS file handle' error at the second
> > line "cp submit.sh $submit_sh":
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> Thanks.  I'm marking this as closed,
> since the fix for http://bugs.gnu.org/11100
> should address this problem, too.
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