linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Add fchmodat4(), a new syscall

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:48:02 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Add fchmodat4(), a new syscall

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 06:27:17PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:

> -int do_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode)
> +int do_fchmodat4(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode, int flags)
>  {
>  	struct path path;
>  	int error;
> -	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
> +	unsigned int lookup_flags;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	lookup_flags = flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW ? 0 : LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
> +

	Why not do that in sys_fchmodat4() itself, passing lookup_flags to
do_fchmodat() and updating old callers to pass it 0 as extra argument?