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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 12:03:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: Add support for an O_MAYEXEC flag on
sys_open()
On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The fact that open and openat didn't vet unknown flags is really a bug.
>
> Too late to fix it now, of course, and as Aleksa points out, we've
> worked around that in the past. Now though, we have a new openat2
> syscall on the horizon. There's little need to continue these sorts of
> hacks.
>
> New open flags really have no place in the old syscalls, IMO.
Agree here. It's unfortunate but a reality and Linus will reject any such
changes which break existing userspace.
--
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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