Re: [PATCH RFC POC 00/50] file: handle files on syscall exit
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2026-09-15 22:55:20
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On Tue, 15 Sept 2026 at 15:21, Rob Clark [off-list ref] wrote:
With fd's it is more than just about error rollback.. exposing an fd to userspace mid-way thru an ioctl is an easy security bug to write..
That isn't very common code. It's something that is done by a few
strange cases, and yes, those cases should just do it right.
But "those few cases should do it right" does not mean "make a whole
new subsystem for this thing that makes a simple "open" actually be
slower and stranger".
Linus