Messages in this thread | | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH v2] Add new open(2) flag - O_EMPTY_PATH | Date | Mon, 2 Jan 2023 14:01:38 +0000 |
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From: Ameer Hamza > Sent: 31 December 2022 23:56 > > This patch adds a new flag O_EMPTY_PATH that allows openat and open > system calls to open a file referenced by fd if the path is empty, > and it is very similar to the FreeBSD O_EMPTY_PATH flag. This can be > beneficial in some cases since it would avoid having to grant /proc > access to things like samba containers for reopening files to change > flags in a race-free way. >
But what does it do? (Apart from add code to a common kernel code path.)
David
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