Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/14] VFS: Add additional RESOLVE_* flags [ver #18] | Date | Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:56:41 +0000 |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > The whole discussion was triggered by the introduction of a completely > > new fsinfo() call: > > > > Would you propose to have 'at_flags' and 'resolve_flags' passed in here? > > Yes, I think that would be the way to go.
Okay, I can do that.
Any thoughts on which set of flags should override the other? If we're making RESOLVE_* flags the new definitive interface, then I feel they should probably override the AT_* flags where there's a conflict, ie. RESOLVE_NO_SYMLINKS should override AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW for example.
David
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