linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 47/68] do_open_execat(): don't care about LOOKUP

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Message-ID: <20260114043310.3885463-48-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:32:49 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	audit@...r.kernel.org,
	io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 47/68] do_open_execat(): don't care about LOOKUP_EMPTY

do_file_open() doesn't.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/exec.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 5dd8ff61f27a..a4f29d2c2d3a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -777,8 +777,6 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
 		open_exec_flags.lookup_flags &= ~LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-	if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
-		open_exec_flags.lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 
 	file = do_file_open(fd, name, &open_exec_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-- 
2.47.3