Am 10.09.18 um 19:05 schrieb Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget:
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 858ca14a57..f87376b26a 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -341,6 +341,19 @@ int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
        return ret;
  }
+/*
+ * Calling CreateFile() using FILE_APPEND_DATA and without FILE_WRITE_DATA
+ * is documented in [1] as opening a writable file handle in append mode.
+ * (It is believed that) this is atomic since it is maintained by the
+ * kernel unlike the O_APPEND flag which is racily maintained by the CRT.
+ *
+ * [1] 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/fileio/file-access-rights-constants
+ *
+ * This trick does not appear to work for named pipes.  Instead it creates
+ * a named pipe client handle that cannot be written to.  Callers should
+ * just use the regular _wopen() for them.  (And since client handle gets
+ * bound to a unique server handle, it isn't really an issue.)
+ */
  static int mingw_open_append(wchar_t const *wfilename, int oflags, ...)
  {
        HANDLE handle;
@@ -360,10 +373,12 @@ static int mingw_open_append(wchar_t const *wfilename, 
int oflags, ...)
                        NULL, create, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
        if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                return errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()), -1;
+
        /*
         * No O_APPEND here, because the CRT uses it only to reset the
-        * file pointer to EOF on write(); but that is not necessary
-        * for a file created with FILE_APPEND_DATA.
+        * file pointer to EOF before each write(); but that is not
+        * necessary (and may lead to races) for a file created with
+        * FILE_APPEND_DATA.
         */
        fd = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t)handle, O_BINARY);
        if (fd < 0)
@@ -371,6 +386,23 @@ static int mingw_open_append(wchar_t const *wfilename, int 
oflags, ...)
        return fd;
  }
+#define IS_SBS(ch) (((ch) == '/') || ((ch) == '\\'))
+/*
+ * Does the pathname map to the local named pipe filesystem?
+ * That is, does it have a "//./pipe/" prefix?
+ */
+static int mingw_is_local_named_pipe_path(const char *filename)
+{
+       return (IS_SBS(filename[0]) &&
+               IS_SBS(filename[1]) &&
+               filename[2] == '.'  &&
+               IS_SBS(filename[3]) &&
+               !strncasecmp(filename+4, "pipe", 4) &&
+               IS_SBS(filename[8]) &&
+               filename[9]);
+}
+#undef IS_SBS
+
  int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
  {
        typedef int (*open_fn_t)(wchar_t const *wfilename, int oflags, ...);
@@ -387,7 +419,7 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
        if (filename && !strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
                filename = "nul";
- if (oflags & O_APPEND)
+       if ((oflags & O_APPEND) && !mingw_is_local_named_pipe_path(filename))
                open_fn = mingw_open_append;
        else
                open_fn = _wopen;

This looks reasonable.

I wonder which part of the code uses local named pipes. Is it downstream in Git for Windows or one of the topics in flight?

-- Hannes

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