Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target

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To: Colin Walters <walters@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:57:24 +0200
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>, "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxx>, Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>, linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Btrfs <linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:52 AM Colin Walters <walters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020, at 1:06 PM, David Howells wrote:
>
> > Yes, I suggested AT_LINK_REPLACE as said magical flag.
>
> This came up before right?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/cover.1524549513.git.osandov@xxxxxx/

David,

This sounds like a good topic to be discussed at LSF/MM (hint hint)

Thanks,
Amir.

References:
- Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target
  - From: Al Viro
- Making linkat() able to overwrite the target
  - From: David Howells
- Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target
  - From: David Howells
- Re: Making linkat() able to overwrite the target
  - From: Colin Walters

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