linux-kernel - Re: O_CAREFUL flag to disable open() side effects

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:14:17 -0700
From:	"Joshua Hudson" <joshudson@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: O_CAREFUL flag to disable open() side effects

Or say make O_NONE able to open symbolic links (for fcalls such as
fchown/fchmod/fstat).

I would also suggest that no permission bits be requred to open a file
with O_NONE, but that might be a very bad idea.
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