O_TMPFILE is actually __O_TMPFILE|O_DIRECTORY. This means that the old fast-path check for RESOLVE_CACHED would reject all users passing O_DIRECTORY with -EAGAIN, when in fact the intended test was to check for __O_TMPFILE. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.12+ Fixes: 99668f618062 ("fs: expose LOOKUP_CACHED through openat2() RESOLVE_CACHED") Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index b8883ec286f5..2634047c9e9f 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ inline int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how, struct open_flags *op) lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_IN_ROOT; if (how->resolve & RESOLVE_CACHED) { /* Don't bother even trying for create/truncate/tmpfile open */ - if (flags & (O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_TMPFILE)) + if (flags & (O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | __O_TMPFILE)) return -EAGAIN; lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_CACHED; } --- base-commit: bf5ad7af0516cb47121dae1b1c160e4385615274 change-id: 20230806-resolve_cached-o_tmpfile-978cb238bd68 Best regards, -- Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>