Re: [PATCH] statx: reject unknown flags when using NULL path

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:11:42AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:58:23PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The statx() system call currently accepts unknown flags when called with
> > a NULL path to operate on a file descriptor.  Left unchanged, this could
> > make it hard to introduce new query flags in the future, since
> > applications may not be able to tell whether a given flag is supported.
> > 
> > Fix this by failing the system call with EINVAL if any flags other than
> > KSTAT_QUERY_FLAGS are specified in combination with a NULL path.
> > 
> 
> Does anyone have comments on this patch?

Looks good to me.

> I really think we need to get this in before v4.11 is released, since it deals
> with the API.

Yes.  And we really need test for all of this.  Or just revert the
patches.  Shipping with untested syscalls is just a desaster.
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