# Re: \[PATCH v3 1/5\] fs: Add support for a RESOLVE\_MAYEXEC flag on openat2(2)

- From: James Morris \<jmorris@namei.org\>
- Date: 2020-05-01 04:05:56 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/05/178621
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/04/178350/t.md

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On Tue, 28 Apr 2020, Mickaël Salaün wrote:

> When the RESOLVE_MAYEXEC flag is passed, openat2(2) may be subject to
> additional restrictions depending on a security policy managed by the
> kernel through a sysctl or implemented by an LSM thanks to the
> inode_permission hook.


Reviewed-by: James Morris <redacted>


-- 
James Morris
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