1 file changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/cgit.c b/source/cgit.c
index 6644213..42325a0 100644
--- a/source/cgit.c
+++ b/source/cgit.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ static int generate_cached_repolist(const char *path, const char *cached_rc)
 		.l_start = 0,
 		.l_len = 0,
 	};
+	struct stat held, named;
 	int err = 0;
 	int fd;
 	int first;
@@ -370,6 +371,18 @@ static int generate_cached_repolist(const char *path, const char *cached_rc)
 		close(fd);
 		goto out;
 	}
+	// The lock landed on whatever inode the path named at open. A holder
+	// finishing in between renames that inode into place as the live
+	// list, so truncating it on the strength of the stale descriptor
+	// would tear down the list other requests are reading. Once the path
+	// is confirmed to still name this file the rename can no longer
+	// happen, because doing so takes the lock now held here.
+	if (fstat(fd, &held) || stat(locked_rc.buf, &named) ||
+	    held.st_ino != named.st_ino || held.st_dev != named.st_dev) {
+		err = EAGAIN;
+		close(fd);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	// A run that died before its rename leaves the lock file behind, so
 	// start from empty now that nobody else can be writing it.
 	if (ftruncate(fd, 0) < 0 || !(f = fdopen(fd, "w"))) {