linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] vfs: new open(2) flag to open filesystem node

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Message-ID: <a36005b50907051235h17f559c6w1937998c7eec0b0@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:35:51 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...il.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	adilger@....com, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] vfs: new open(2) flag to open filesystem node

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 21:59, Miklos Szeredi<miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> This patch adds a new open flag, O_NODE.  This flag means: open just
> the filesystem node instead of the object referenced by the node.

I am still not sure whether this shouldn't rather be an implementation
of POSIX's O_SEARCH or whether it is already an O_SEARCH
implementation. If it's close enough it seems wasteful to add yet
another mode.  I probably cannot research it this coming week but can
try to look at it the week after that.
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