Re: [PATCH] vfs: relax linkat() AT_EMPTY_PATH - aka flink() - requirements

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 at 17:10, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>    "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over
>     again and expecting different results”

Note that I'm sending this patch out not because I plan to commit it,
but to see if people can shoot holes in the concept.

There's a reason why people have tried to do this for decades.

There's also a reason why it has not worked out well.

             Linus