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

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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:36:05 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@...hat.com>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 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 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 at 00:46, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hm, I would like to avoid adding an exception for O_PATH.

Ack. It's not the important or really relevant part.

             Linus