# Re: \[PATCH\]\[RFC\] open\_tree(2) (was Re: \[PATCH 30/32\] vfs: Allow cloning of a mount tree with open(O\_PATH\|O\_CLONE\_MOUNT) \[ver \#8\])

- From: David Howells \<dhowells@redhat.com\>
- Date: 2018-06-04 15:27:09 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/06/139190
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2018/05/135893/t.md

```text
Miklos Szeredi [ref] wrote:

> fsinfo = info from path

Actually, I was thinking of making fsinfo() detect if it's been given an fsfd
and go through an fs_context operation instead in that case.

David
```