linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/io_uring: fix O_PATH fds in openat, openat2, statx

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Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 20:01:31 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Max Kellermann <mk@...all.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/io_uring: fix O_PATH fds in openat, openat2, statx

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 08:57:25PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> If an operation's flag `needs_file` is set, the function
> io_req_set_file() calls io_file_get() to obtain a `struct file*`.
> 
> This fails for `O_PATH` file descriptors, because those have no
> `struct file*`

O_PATH descriptors most certainly *do* have that.  What the hell
are you talking about?