Re: [PATCH] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-09-25T17:21:07Z

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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:37:47 BST, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" said:

> Given an fd opened in this way is it possible to reopen it normally and
> be guarenteed to get the same object?

It's not possible even without this flag. Consider:

fd1 = open("/tmp/foo",flags);
rc = rename("/tmp/foo","/tmp/bar");
fd2 = open("/tmp/foo",flags);

Or were you asking if *absent that sort of tomfoolery* if it would work?

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