linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] open: fix O_DIRECTORY

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:11:45 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] open: fix O_DIRECTORY | O_CREAT

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 7:03 AM Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> EINVAL ist keinmal: This contains the changes to make O_DIRECTORY when
> specified together with O_CREAT an invalid request.

Ok, that intro makes little sense unless you speak German ;)

I cut the explanation down radically, it's there in the original
commit, I don't think we need quite this much detail for a merge
commit for a change that is ~10 lines of code and not _that_ complex.

I did keep this link:

> This has also been covered in
>
>         https://lwn.net/Articles/926782/
>
> which should be publicly available by now. It provides an excellent
> summary of the discussion.

although it's behind a paywall, which isn't optimal.

              Linus