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Bug #7233

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dir_is_empty should open directory with CLOEXEC

Added by Daniel Kimmel almost 6 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Kimmel
Category:
zfs - Zettabyte File System
Start date:
2016-07-28
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
Gerrit CR:

Description

This fixes a race where one thread is executing zfs_mount() while another thread forks and execs. If the fork occurs while the directory is open, the child process will inherit (but not necessarily close immediately) the open fd for the directory, preventing the mount.

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