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From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2023 at 11:18:44PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> On 9/3/23, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Sept 2023 at 14:06, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't think it is *that* bad. I did a quick sanity check on that
> >> front by rolling with bpftrace on cases which pass AT_EMPTY_PATH *and*
> >> provide a path.
> >
> > I guess you are right - nobody sane would use AT_EMPTY_PATH except if
> > they don't have a path.
> >
> > Of course, the only reason we're discussing this in the first place is
> > because people are doing insane things, which makes _that_ particular
> > argument very weak indeed...
> >
> 
> I put blame on whoever allowed non-NULL path and AT_EMPTY_PATH as a
> valid combination, forcing the user buf to be accessed no matter what.
> But I'm not going to go digging for names. ;)

ITYM s/allowed/mandated/ - AT_EMPTY_PATH with NULL is -EFAULT.