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SubjectRe: [RESEND] [PATCH] VFS: make file->f_pos access atomic on 32bit arch
Pavel Machek wrote:
> We have append-only files, and normal users should not be able to work
> around that restriction.

Well, apparently Posix breaks this, and we're supposed to let pwrite()
write anywhere in an O_APPEND file. So any security-related argument
goes out the window.

J


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