ext/posix: validate mode argument in posix_mkfifo() #21102
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kind of make sense, |
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... however I m unsure the mask is correct , should not it be ~07777 ?
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0777 -> rwx rwx rwx
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I double checked, with FIFO these extra bits, while not wrong, are no-op. Your agument is valid. I ll defer the decision to the maintainer(s).
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Looking good except I tend to disagree where the test is. Ideally, it would have its own dedicated test (and testing more broadly the boundaries). |
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Looking good now ; let's it cool down for a while though. |
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Validate the mode argument in
posix_mkfifo()and throw aValueErrorfor invalid permission values.