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SubjectRe: [PATCH] new syscall: flink
Ulrich Drepper wrote:


> + temp files which have to be completed first before renamed. Here
> flink() and frename() would introduce the name in the filesystem.
> This is obviously useful in many many places, e.g., the linker
> scenario. There is no way to attack the linker while it is doing
> its work since the output file isn't visible until it is installed
> under the final name.


How about an O_LINKONCLOSE flag that says not to link the file until
it's closed?

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