+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int fchmodat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *name, mode_t mode)
+{
+ int fd, ret;
+
+ /* FIXME: this should be handled with fchmodat(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW).
+ * Unfortunately, the linux kernel doesn't implement it yet. As an
+ * alternative, let's open the file and use fchmod() instead. This
+ * may fail depending on the permissions of the file, but it is the
+ * best we can do to avoid TOCTTOU. We first try to open read-only
+ * in case name points to a directory. If that fails, we try write-only
+ * in case name doesn't point to a directory.
+ */
+ fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ /* In case the file is writable-only and isn't a directory. */
+ if (errno == EACCES) {
+ fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, O_WRONLY, 0);
+ }
+ if (fd == -1 && errno == EISDIR) {
+ errno = EACCES;
+ }
+ }
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ ret = fchmod(fd, mode);
+ close_preserve_errno(fd);