On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 08:57:10PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 04:58:34PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > > Rather than adding a fchmodat2() syscall, should we add a "set_file_attrs()" > > syscall that takes a mask and allows you to set a bunch of stuff all in one > > go? Basically, an interface to notify_change() in the kernel that would allow > > several stats to be set atomically. This might be of particular interest to > > network filesystems. > > > > David > > > > fchmodat2() is a simple addition that fits well with the existing syscalls. > It fixes an oversight in fchmodat(). > > IMO we should just add fchmodat2(), and not get sidetracked by trying to add > some super-generalized syscall instead. That can always be done later. Agreed.
