Atomicfile: Move outside of config package

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diff --git a/internal/atomicfile/atomicfile_test.go b/internal/atomicfile/atomicfile_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build !js && !windows
+
+package atomicfile
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDoesNotOverwriteIrregularFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	// Per tailscale/tailscale#7658 as one example, almost any imagined use of
+	// atomicfile.Write should likely not attempt to overwrite an irregular file
+	// such as a device node, socket, or named pipe.
+
+	const filename = "TestDoesNotOverwriteIrregularFiles"
+	var path string
+	// macOS private temp does not allow unix socket creation, but /tmp does.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		path = filepath.Join("/tmp", filename)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { os.Remove(path) }) //nolint:errcheck
+	} else {
+		path = filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), filename)
+	}
+
+	// The least troublesome thing to make that is not a file is a unix socket.
+	// Making a null device sadly requires root.
+	l, err := net.ListenUnix("unix", &net.UnixAddr{Name: path, Net: "unix"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+
+	err = WriteFile(path, []byte("hello"), 0o644)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is not a regular file") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}