On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:52:04PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > > Hi Linus, Al, > > Here are some patches that make changes to the mount API UAPI and two of > them really need applying, before -rc1 - if they're going to be applied at > all. I'm fine with 2--4, but I'm not convinced that cloexec-by-default crusade makes any sense. Could somebody give coherent arguments in favour of abandoning the existing conventions?