Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mingw: fix mingw_open_append to work with named pipes

> 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;