Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] openat2: new OPENAT2_REGULAR flag support

[Jori Koolstra]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 11:22:22PM +0600, Dorjoy Chowdhury wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
> index 50bdc8e8a271..fe488bf7c18e 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
> +++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  
>  #define O_PATH		040000000
>  #define __O_TMPFILE	0100000000
> +#define OPENAT2_REGULAR	0200000000
>

I don't quite understand why we are adding OPENAT2_REGULAR inside the
O_* flag range. Wasn't this supposed to be only supported for openat2()?
If so, I don't see the need to waste an O_* flag bit. But maybe I am
missing something.

Thanks,
Jori.