linux-kernel - Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:46:25 -0500
From:   "Colin Walters" <walters@...bum.org>
To:     "David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        "Chris Mason" <clm@...com>, josef@...icpanda.com, dsterba@...e.com,
        linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020, at 1:06 PM, David Howells wrote:

> Yes, I suggested AT_LINK_REPLACE as said magical flag.

This came up before right?

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/cover.1524549513.git.osandov@fb.com/