linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] a corner case of open(2)

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:15:06 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Cedric Blancher <cedric.blancher@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] a corner case of open(2)

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 08:05:50PM +0200, Cedric Blancher wrote:
> Existing UNIX behaviour is better. Also, for open() a directory,
> remember that int fd=open(), fchdir(fd) must work.

What's to remember?  That part is quite orthogonal to what I'm talking about...