From: Ameer Hamza > Sent: 31 December 2022 23:56 > > This patch adds a new flag O_EMPTY_PATH that allows openat and open > system calls to open a file referenced by fd if the path is empty, > and it is very similar to the FreeBSD O_EMPTY_PATH flag. This can be > beneficial in some cases since it would avoid having to grant /proc > access to things like samba containers for reopening files to change > flags in a race-free way. > But what does it do? (Apart from add code to a common kernel code path.) David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)