Re: [PATCH] open(2): document O_PATH

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Ted,

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Ted Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> It might also be a good idea to document explicitly whether or not
> things like fstat() and the syscalls to manipulate extended attributes
> are expected to work.

Good point. From some testing, it appears that syscalls such as
fstat() and fgetxattr() fail with EBADF on O_PATH fds. I'll add that
to the text.

Thanks,

Michael


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