This is the mail archive of the libc-alpha@sourceware.org mailing list for the glibc project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: [PATCH] Linux: Work around kernel bugs in chmod on /proc/self/fd paths

From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:54:46 -0300
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux: Work around kernel bugs in chmod on /proc/self/fd paths
References: <87sgjfd04p.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <87sgje8md1.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com>


On 13/02/2020 13:48, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Florian Weimer:
> 
>> It appears that the ability to change symbolic link modes through such
>> paths is unintended.  On several file systems, the operation fails with
>> EOPNOTSUPP, even though the symbolic link permissions are updated.
>> The expected behavior is a failure to update the permissions, without
>> file system changes.
> 
> Adhemerval, you wanted to see this fixed quickly?

I will try to fully review this today, but skimming it seems fine.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] Linux: Work around kernel bugs in chmod on /proc/self/fd paths
  - From: Matheus Castanho

References:
- [PATCH] Linux: Work around kernel bugs in chmod on /proc/self/fd paths
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [PATCH] Linux: Work around kernel bugs in chmod on /proc/self/fd paths
  - From: Florian Weimer

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]