linux/include/uapi
Jori Koolstra 31cf44efa6
vfs: add O_EMPTYPATH to openat(2)/openat2(2)
To get an operable version of an O_PATH file descriptor, it is possible
to use openat(fd, ".", O_DIRECTORY) for directories, but other files
currently require going through open("/proc/<pid>/fd/<nr>"), which
depends on a functioning procfs.

This patch adds the O_EMPTYPATH flag to openat(2)/openat2(2). If passed,
LOOKUP_EMPTY is set at path resolution time.

Note: This implies that you cannot rely anymore on disabling procfs from
being mounted (e.g. inside a container without procfs mounted and with
CAP_SYS_ADMIN dropped) to prevent O_PATH fds from being re-opened
read-write.

Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260424114611.1678641-2-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-05-21 10:53:33 +02:00
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asm-generic vfs: add O_EMPTYPATH to openat(2)/openat2(2) 2026-05-21 10:53:33 +02:00
cxl fwctl/cxl: Fix uuid_t usage in uapi 2025-04-11 20:45:43 -03:00
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fwctl fwctl/bnxt_fwctl: Add bnxt fwctl device 2026-03-31 13:33:54 -03:00
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misc Char/Misc/IIO/Binder changes for 6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 16:26:32 -07:00
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regulator regulator: uapi: Use UAPI integer type 2025-12-22 09:00:42 +00:00
scsi scsi: fc: Fix typo in fc_els.h 2026-03-27 16:35:04 -04:00
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