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

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Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 00:25:55 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeremy Allison <jra@...ba.org>
Cc:	Eric Rannaud <e@...ocritical.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...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 Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 02:07:07PM -0800, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> Which we already do, actually..

Hmm, I didn't notice that part when implementing the atomic open,
guess I need to dig deeper into the code.

I still think supporting full open semantics with O_TMFILE + flink is
useful, so that others can make use of it it without such an additional
enforcement layer.
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