{
  "id": 26932,
  "title": "[$] Reconsidering O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/reconsidering-o-creat-o-directory",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-07-30T14:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1085617/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Linux provides a system call ( mkdir() ) to create a directory, and a few variants of open() that can open a directory. There is, however, no system call in Linux that can create and open a directory in a single, race-free call. Jori Koolstra has been working on remedying that situation, most recently by repurposing a set of open() flags that currently return an error. There are, however,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}