| From | Florian Weimer <> | Subject | Re: Add fchmodat2() - or add a more general syscall? | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:10:22 +0200 |
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* David Howells:
> Rather than adding a fchmodat2() syscall, should we add a "set_file_attrs()" > syscall that takes a mask and allows you to set a bunch of stuff all in one > go? Basically, an interface to notify_change() in the kernel that would allow > several stats to be set atomically. This might be of particular interest to > network filesystems.
Do you mean atomically as in compare-and-swap (update only if old values match), or just a way to update multiple file attributes with a single system call?
Thanks, Florian
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