bug#29124: [PATCH] grep: simplify out_file handling

[Zev Weiss]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 01:55:51AM CDT, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Zev Weiss wrote:
> > I'm wondering how robust (paranoid?) grep really needs to be in the 
> > face of concurrent filesystem modifications.
>
> Not that paranoid. Still, it's better for grep to avoid races when 
> it's easy, as is the case here.

OK, how about the attached patch then -- it both avoids updating 
out_file during directory recursion (simpler, and perhaps a tiny 
performance win) and doesn't add any syscalls or races.


Zev

0001-grep-simplify-out_file-handling.patch
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