Re: [PATCH v2] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

[Jamie Lokier]

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> There's been a fair amount of interest in the concept, but less actual
> review of the details.
> 
> Changes from the last posting:
> 
>  - make fchmod() fail on symlinks

fchmodat(2) says:

       AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
              If pathname is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
              instead operate on the link itself.  This flag is not
              currently implemented.

If the flag were implemented, it would make sense for fchmod() on a
symlink to succeed, wouldn't it?

-- Jamie
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