linux-kernel - Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?]

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:13:44 +0200
From:   "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     mtk.manpages@...il.com, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?]

On 04/21/2017 03:01 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@...il.com> wrote:

>  (3) There's no problem with asking for extra bits, even if the running kernel
>      does not support them, because the kernel tells you in its response what
>      fields it actually gave you.  

It's this piece that I overlooked. Makes sense, of course.
Sorry for the noise!

Cheers,

Michael


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