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Message-ID: <20130720114017.GA2118@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:40:17 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@...hat.com>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>, benjamin@...hon.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] open(2): document O_PATH

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:35:59AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hello Al et al,
> 
> Documenting O_PATH fell by the wayside last year
> (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/2790) as I got distracted
> with other tasks. A recent prod or two have reminded me restart this.
> I have the following patch queued to document O_PATH.
> 
> Could you please review. I've provided the O_PATH doc both as
> formatted text, for ease of reviewing, and as a patch and entire file
> (attached).

Seems to be mostly correct; the only thing missing is that F_GETFL is also
allowed (and return value will contain O_PATH for such descriptors).  Had
been there since the very beginning...
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