Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] wrote:

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The whole discussion was triggered by the introduction of a completely
new fsinfo() call:

Would you propose to have 'at_flags' and 'resolve_flags' passed in here?

Yes, I think that would be the way to go.

Okay, I can do that.

Any thoughts on which set of flags should override the other?  If we're making
RESOLVE_* flags the new definitive interface, then I feel they should probably
override the AT_* flags where there's a conflict, ie. RESOLVE_NO_SYMLINKS
should override AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW for example.

David