Re: Have RESOLVE_* flags superseded AT_* flags for new syscalls?

[David Howells]

Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Right, but open_tree() doesn't need RESOLVE_ flags (nor can you add them
> without an open_tree2()). Instead you can pass an O_PATH file descriptor
> with AT_EMPTY_PATH which you could've safely resolved with openat2().

Note that openat2() is not a substitute for open_tree(). See the effect of
the OPEN_TREE_CLONE flag.

David