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