On 04/12/2015 18:13, Tristan Schmelcher wrote:
> File permissions are checked at time of open, so I think this fchmod
> call has never had any effect.

Indeed, mmap doesn't require the file to be executable, only readable and 
writable. The fchmod seems to be a guarantee for this permissions but I don't 
see why a file newly created could not be writable.

> 
> If there is a concern that the mkstemp implementation may be insecure,
> why not set and restore the umask?
> 

I will add this safeguard.

 Mickaël

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