they seem to be relics of e3cd6c5c265cd481db6e0c5b529855d99f0bda30 where this code was refactored from a check that previously masked against (F_ERR|F_NOWR) instead of just F_NOWR.
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
int __towrite(FILE *f)
{
f->mode |= f->mode-1;
- if (f->flags & (F_NOWR)) {
+ if (f->flags & F_NOWR) {
f->flags |= F_ERR;
return EOF;
}