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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] vfs: new O_NODE open flag
Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> There's been a fair amount of interest in the concept, but less actual
> review of the details.
>
> Changes from the last posting:
>
> - make fchmod() fail on symlinks

fchmodat(2) says:

AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
If pathname is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
instead operate on the link itself. This flag is not
currently implemented.

If the flag were implemented, it would make sense for fchmod() on a
symlink to succeed, wouldn't it?

-- Jamie


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