Messages in this thread |  | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH v7 0/7] Add support for O_MAYEXEC | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:09:09 +0000 |
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:11:53PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote: > > It seems that there is no more complains nor questions. Do you want me > > to send another series to fix the order of the S-o-b in patch 7? > > There is a major question regarding the API design and the choice of > hooking that stuff on open(). And I have not heard anything resembling > a coherent answer.
To me O_MAYEXEC is just the wrong name. The bit would be (something like) O_INTERPRET to indicate what you want to do with the contents.
The kernel 'policy' then decides whether that needs 'r-x' access or whether 'r--' access in enough.
I think that is what you 100 line comment in 0/n means.
David
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