gh-127987: Ensure that directories are not renamed during tar.TarFile.extractall()#134628
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it doesn't have to do with this bug
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The most straightforward approach to solving this issue is to re-consult the
filter_functionjust before updating the attributes in the directory withinextract_all(). However, this would result in stateful extraction filters receiving a redundant call for a file that has already passed the filter.Inspired by GNU Tar, I decided to save the exact inode number of the created directory to ensure it hasn't changed.
The only downside I can see is that
stat()is called shortly after the directory is created, which introduces a race condition. Since the entire module is already susceptible to these kinds of races (the path is resolved in thefilter_functionand then re-resolved in the actual file creation methods), I believe this is acceptable.