Re: [PATCH] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-09-25T21:18:40Z

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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:35:23 BST, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" said:

> I know it's not possible without this flag, my interest is whether
> it would be possible WITH this flag to promote an fd opened with the
> O_NODE to a normal fd, guaranteeing that it's still operating on the
> same object.

Well, maybe the question is if we should treat "promote" differently than
"re-open"?

(And now I'm wondering what happens if you dup() one of these beasts....)

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