linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: add fchmodat2 syscall

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Message-ID: <20200911065733.GA31579@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 07:57:33 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: add fchmodat2 syscall

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 01:02:56PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> Would you be happy with a pair of patches where the first blocks chmod
> of symlinks in chmod_common and the second adds the syscall with
> flags? I think this is a clearly understandable fix, but it does
> eliminate the ability to *fix* link access modes that have been set to
> ridiculous values (note: I don't think it really matters since the
> modes don't do anything anyway) in the past.

I'd be much happier with that, yes.