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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio64/freopen64.c b/newlib/libc/stdio64/freopen64.c
index 8acb957da..6081e03dc 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio64/freopen64.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio64/freopen64.c
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ it).
<[file]> and <[mode]> are used just as in <<fopen>>.
If <[file]> is <<NULL>>, the underlying stream is modified rather than
-closed. The file cannot change access mode (for example, if it was
-previously read-only, <[mode]> must be "r", "rb", or "rt"), but can
-change status such as append or binary mode. If modification is not
-possible, failure occurs.
+closed. The file cannot be given a more permissive access mode (for
+example, a <[mode]> of "w" will fail on a read-only file descriptor),
+but can change status such as append or binary mode. If modification
+is not possible, failure occurs.
RETURNS
If successful, the result is the same as the argument <[fp]>. If the
@@ -148,12 +148,14 @@ _DEFUN (_freopen64_r, (ptr, file, mode, fp),
#ifdef HAVE_FCNTL
int oldflags;
/*
- * Reuse the file descriptor, but only if the access mode is
- * unchanged. F_SETFL correctly ignores creation flags.
+ * Reuse the file descriptor, but only if the new access mode is
+ * equal or less permissive than the old. F_SETFL correctly
+ * ignores creation flags.
*/
f = fp->_file;
if ((oldflags = _fcntl_r (ptr, f, F_GETFL, 0)) == -1
- || ((oldflags ^ oflags) & O_ACCMODE) != 0
+ || ! ((oldflags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDWR
+ || ((oldflags ^ oflags) & O_ACCMODE) == 0)
|| _fcntl_r (ptr, f, F_SETFL, oflags) == -1)
f = -1;
#else