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The busy hang is IMO worth fixing in RHEL 7, too.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1399036 +++)

Steps to reproduce:

$ tar tvf a.tar --xattrs
-rw-------* praiskup/praiskup 0 2016-11-28 07:06 a
$ touch a
$ tar xf a.tar --xattrs --skip-old-files
[busy loop..]

Upstream report:
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-tar@gnu.org/msg05184.html

Upstream fix:
597b0ae509 and ca9399d4e

(In reply to Pavel Raiskup from comment #0)

Tried to reproduce it but I'm not able to.
I'm not sure how to get this output line:
> -rw-------* praiskup/praiskup 0 2016-11-28 07:06 a

expecialy the star in file mode.

Some files in archive need to have xattrs set.

143: xattrs: basic functionality                     ok
144: xattrs: change directory with -C option         ok
146: xattrs: s/open/openat/ regression               ok
147: xattrs: keywords with '=' and '%'               ok
148: xattrs: exclude xattrs on create                ok
149: xattrs: xattrs and --skip-old-files             ok
=> Verified

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0716