> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:11:53PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote: > > It seems that there is no more complains nor questions. Do you want me > > to send another series to fix the order of the S-o-b in patch 7? > > There is a major question regarding the API design and the choice of > hooking that stuff on open(). And I have not heard anything resembling > a coherent answer. To me O_MAYEXEC is just the wrong name. The bit would be (something like) O_INTERPRET to indicate what you want to do with the contents. The kernel 'policy' then decides whether that needs 'r-x' access or whether 'r--' access in enough. I think that is what you 100 line comment in 0/n means. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
