Thread (22 messages) 22 messages, 6 authors, 2017-05-18

Re: new ...at() flag: AT_NO_JUMPS

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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Date: 2017-05-01 04:52:37
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On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Al Viro [off-list ref] wrote:
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 09:38:22PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
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It sounds more like AT_NO_ESCAPE ... or AT_BELOW, or something.
I considered AT_ROACH_MOTEL at one point...  Another interesting
question is whether EXDEV would've been better than ELOOP.
Opinions?
In support of my homeland, I propose AT_HOTEL_CALIFORNIA.

How about EXDEV for crossing a mountpoint and ELOOP for absolute
symlinks or invalid ..?  (Is there a technical reason why the same AT_
flag should trigger both cases?)

--Andy
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