linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] statx: add STATX

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Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:22:35 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] statx: add STATX_ATTRIBUTES flag

Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com> wrote:

> +	/* Having anything in attributes_mask means attributes are valid. */
> +	if (tmp.stx_attributes_mask)
> +		tmp.stx_mask |= STATX_ATTRIBUTES;

That would be superfluous, since userspace can make this check too.

Note that fsinfo() might inform you better - if and when it arrives.

David