[Bug 243177] open(2): Add O_CREATFIFO flag

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=243177

--- Comment #3 from Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg-freebsd@tristatelogic.com> ---
It has been nearly 5 years since I created this PR, so it is understandably
difficult for me to re-create, in my mind, the full context for my request /
suggestion, however re-reading the PR now, I *do not* feel that it is
appropriate to simply close this PR because, in an ideal world, it would be
Best if some upstream standardization group tackled this issue before FreeBSD
addresses it. In an ideal world, yes, that's probably true, but had FreeBSD
never gotten out in front to solve problems that standardization groups have
not yet adequately addressed?  Nor, may I say, am I immediately persuaded by
the argument that "race conditions may exist anyway so screw it".  Perhaps this
is just a product of my own ignorance, in which case some code (or pseudo code)
example which illustrates this argument might be helpful.

P.S. Running low on flag bits is the LEAST persuasive argument for doing
nothing in this case.

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