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Message-ID: <87r24tcljg.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:44:03 +0200 From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com> To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mickael.salaun@....gouv.fr>, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Christian Heimes <christian@...hon.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Eric Chiang <ericchiang@...gle.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, Philippe Trébuchet <philippe.trebuchet@....gouv.fr>, Scott Shell <scottsh@...rosoft.com>, Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Steve Dower <steve.dower@...hon.org>, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>, Thibaut Sautereau <thibaut.sautereau@....gouv.fr>, Vincent Strubel <vincent.strubel@....gouv.fr>, Yves-Alexis Perez <yves-alexis.perez@....gouv.fr>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: Add support for an O_MAYEXEC flag on sys_open() * Jeff Layton: > Even better would be to declare the new flag in some openat2-only flag > space, so there's no confusion about it being supported by legacy open > calls. Isn't that desirable anyway because otherwise fcntl with F_GETFL will give really confusing results? > If glibc wants to implement an open -> openat2 wrapper in userland > later, it can set that flag in the wrapper implicitly to emulate the old > behavior. I see us rather doing the opposite, i.e. implement openat2 with non-exotic flags using openat. But we've bitten by this in the past, so maybe that's not such a great idea. It's tempting to make the same mistake again for every new system call. Thanks, Florian
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