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Wed, 27 May 2026 10:29:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Askar Safin To: jkoolstra@xs4all.nl Cc: brauner@kernel.org, cmirabil@redhat.com, cyphar@cyphar.com, jack@suse.cz, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2) Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:29:22 +0300 Message-ID: <20260527172922.2193170-1-safinaskar@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260525202937.466497-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> References: <20260525202937.466497-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jori Koolstra : > This series implements new semantics for the O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY flag > combination for open*(2): perform a mkdir and open the resulting > directory; return a pinning fd (which mkdir does not). Al Viro strongly opposed this idea back in 2020: > For fuck sake, *NO*! > We don't need any more multiplexors from hell. https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200313182844.GO23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk/ So, at my opinion, at very least, Ack-By from Al Viro is mandatory. -- Askar Safin