linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 27/59] do_sys_openat2(): get rid of useless check, switch to CLASS(filename)

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Message-ID: <20251216202923.GR1712166@ZenIV>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:29:23 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
Cc: audit@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, brauner@...nel.org,
	io-uring@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mjguzik@...il.com, paul@...l-moore.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 27/59] do_sys_openat2(): get rid of useless check,
 switch to CLASS(filename)

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:08:58PM +0300, Askar Safin wrote:
> Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>:
> > do_file_open() will do the right thing is given ERR_PTR() for name...
> 
> Maybe you meant "right thing if given"?

d'oh...