linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: relax linkat() AT_EMPTY_PATH - aka flink()

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wguGg0Eirx7gA81Gm1qdkviHbAaF_zJbF2qMqLBG8zkyw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:20:46 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: relax linkat() AT_EMPTY_PATH - aka flink() - requirements

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 at 17:10, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>    "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over
>     again and expecting different results”

Note that I'm sending this patch out not because I plan to commit it,
but to see if people can shoot holes in the concept.

There's a reason why people have tried to do this for decades.

There's also a reason why it has not worked out well.

             Linus