Re: [PATCH] fchmodat2: add support for AT_EMPTY_PATH

Christian Brauner
2023-07-28T14:49:43Z

On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:58:26 +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> This allows userspace to avoid going through /proc/self/fd when dealing
> with all types of file descriptors for chmod(), and makes fchmodat2() a
> proper superset of all other chmod syscalls.
>
> The primary difference between fchmodat2(AT_EMPTY_PATH) and fchmod() is
> that fchmod() doesn't operate on O_PATH file descriptors by design. To
> quote open(2):
>
> [...]

A follow-up patch with selftests would be appreciated.

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Applied to the vfs.fchmodat2 branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fchmodat2 branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fchmodat2

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