Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: allow open(dir, O_TMPFILE|..., 0) with mode 0

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Nov 05 2014 - 03:26:02 EST


On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 02:07:07PM -0800, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> Which we already do, actually..

Hmm, I didn't notice that part when implementing the atomic open,
guess I need to dig deeper into the code.

I still think supporting full open semantics with O_TMFILE + flink is
useful, so that others can make use of it it without such an additional
enforcement layer.
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