- workaround for kernel bugs

Changed files:
    coreutils-utimens.patch -> 1.1

diff --git a/coreutils-utimens.patch b/coreutils-utimens.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e7f7153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-utimens.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+--- coreutils-6.12/lib/utimens.c       2008-05-29 09:21:57.000000000 -0400
++++ coreutils/lib/utimens.c    2008-06-07 11:36:50.000000000 -0400
+@@ -96,20 +96,42 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+   /* POSIX 200x added two interfaces to set file timestamps with
+-     nanosecond resolution.  */
++     nanosecond resolution.  We provide a fallback for ENOSYS (for
++     example, compiling against Linux 2.6.25 kernel headers and glibc
++     2.7, but running on Linux 2.6.18 kernel).  */
+ #if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
+   if (fd < 0)
+-    return utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, timespec, 0);
++    {
++      int result = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, timespec, 0);
++#ifdef __linux__
++      /* Work around what might be a kernel bug:
++         http://bugzilla.redhat.com/442352
++         http://bugzilla.redhat.com/449910
++         It appears that utimensat can mistakenly return 280 rather
++         than 0 to indicate success.
++         FIXME: remove in 2010 or whenever the offending kernels
++         are no longer in common use.  */
++      if (0 < result)
++        result = 0;
++#endif
++
++      if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
++        return result;
++    }
+ #endif
+ #if HAVE_FUTIMENS
+-  return futimens (fd, timespec);
+-#else
++  {
++    int result = futimens (fd, timespec);
++    if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
++      return result;
++  }
++#endif
+ 
+   /* The platform lacks an interface to set file timestamps with
+      nanosecond resolution, so do the best we can, discarding any
+      fractional part of the timestamp.  */
+   {
+-# if HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
++#if HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
+     struct timeval timeval[2];
+     struct timeval const *t;
+     if (timespec)
+@@ -125,9 +147,9 @@
+ 
+     if (fd < 0)
+       {
+-#  if HAVE_FUTIMESAT
++# if HAVE_FUTIMESAT
+       return futimesat (AT_FDCWD, file, t);
+-#  endif
++# endif
+       }
+     else
+       {
+@@ -141,21 +163,21 @@
+          worth optimizing, and who knows what other messed-up systems
+          are out there?  So play it safe and fall back on the code
+          below.  */
+-#  if HAVE_FUTIMESAT
++# if HAVE_FUTIMESAT
+       if (futimesat (fd, NULL, t) == 0)
+         return 0;
+-#  elif HAVE_FUTIMES
++# elif HAVE_FUTIMES
+       if (futimes (fd, t) == 0)
+         return 0;
+-#  endif
++# endif
+       }
+-# endif /* HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
++#endif /* HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
+ 
+     if (!file)
+       {
+-# if ! (HAVE_FUTIMESAT || (HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES && HAVE_FUTIMES))
++#if ! (HAVE_FUTIMESAT || (HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES && HAVE_FUTIMES))
+       errno = ENOSYS;
+-# endif
++#endif
+ 
+       /* Prefer EBADF to ENOSYS if both error numbers apply.  */
+       if (errno == ENOSYS)
+@@ -170,9 +192,9 @@
+       return -1;
+       }
+ 
+-# if HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
++#if HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
+     return utimes (file, t);
+-# else
++#else
+     {
+       struct utimbuf utimbuf;
+       struct utimbuf const *ut;
+@@ -187,9 +209,8 @@
+ 
+       return utime (file, ut);
+     }
+-# endif /* !HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
++#endif /* !HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
+   }
+-#endif /* !HAVE_FUTIMENS */
+ }
+ 
+ /* Set the access and modification time stamps of FILE to be