linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: allow open(dir, O

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxUdjsm0gC0ULaOq_RhDLjWp=RDOE_O9qXdQRPqJUrZVA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:53:09 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Rannaud <e@...ocritical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: allow open(dir, O_TMPFILE|..., 0) with mode 0

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>
> Does the patch in this thread not fix that?

It should. Modulo the glibc problem that makes it hard to actually set
the mode properly.

                          Linus
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