O_NOATIME and files in /proc

[Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@firmix.at>]

Hi all!

Is there a specific reason that open can not open files (at
least /proc/noatime and /proc/cpuinfo) under /proc with NO_ATIME as the
following program shows:
----  snip  ----
{12}cat noatime.c

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(void)
{
	int fd = open("/proc/uptime", O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME);
	if (fd == -1) {
		printf("fd=%d, errno=%s\n", fd, strerror(errno));
	} else {
		printf("fd=%d\n", fd);
	}
	return 0;
}
----  snip  ----
When I compile and run it, it prints
----  snip  ----
{13}./noatime 
fd=-1, errno=Operation not permitted
----  snip  ----
Removing the "NO_ATIME" makes it work (of course).

I can also set the "noatime" mount flag on a remount and it shows up
in /proc/mounts but it makes for the above no difference.

	Bernd
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