From nobody Mon Feb 9 15:57:10 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f8q876Pqkz6RdFR for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f8q873Yxxz3G69; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770652631; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=p2JgC1yxne8PZZrS2l/v61AVFdy5KgdWfXMBxk6w3B0=; b=Ku2rQ7v6T+LNQKXtDmK+Xig6V8ahbWt2tiHyELEGnVcCKNJut5vDjuIjF7L+sJK37ouc7+ pblQoRXmCrGlynndnP3hFOJqzrp8c8uGjq2FUzR9WmAT4UFoIIwbfN551GpV4L4CviEheM P6+uVixj/EYk3KZcrKrA6lrfIoFr95G1pzDN6jEdN5v5DnlwvwkU910jlgnivwwUmAF8eZ /bdB7+DHgJymoHlox9+JmZBp0TANjdC7t9zMVTr65ds1+G3Fq4mAhjbx01l/AKeQMcMSWi 18ak/eawX8eT77MwGv9AOai5YOQJ882+PiN78vmSLGqlxuyGscqtfwlSjZik6A== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1770652631; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=gIOIvZ2aCoTUe//tF2pPxsJY2VrFFhc6gXJnJ3eMCCve7y84TanhzrBlLSWTIn46UOEgsE fYZwPo6khdSFdy/AQCWvc1iYsmYYDG6Q1kYrdDH04aneAPPLa9mpPBs1t42GJiHlmwxWtR 6Do5sbI2aXK6n9a5pzfwFpQ501YGtrCCDvx6U5WY3X+n/724naRmZ5tvjJQMlzcy0BK7P4 IQBE/aozcfqrxffjSxB9G07+Q4h+BoJWSw5KFg2/G02T3zDB9qcvm81Z8Uz1gOq9+9W0uY kbAJLfzsyc9+kv4Ul7HieI7bWwe28Uz/Mw12nzMBckRgRvLx7dH3atQZXDDgrw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770652631; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=p2JgC1yxne8PZZrS2l/v61AVFdy5KgdWfXMBxk6w3B0=; b=Kj+en86ontZMD5I6ZBzqxWzBLKoBK/ILPTdBkPSHHEv3yqMuwwFhdTD9c0ULMTVgDZUMmq 5Q3Rq0T0R31/Fh+G17F5DGuYC6HQhBckUHo4IaQwfVa3E1ZpYKaBObf/DBfBS+5FuhcTDN ZkIvuLK1BRzM9d/BwuAIESHSjqvLQOHcnoXnso9qCCnxkq1FmCu5pTEJXWZgsgJz8JAkfV XCr8aKkk7KDL44ol/BTwz1aaG5O54KrdAEshNTXrmySS7Ryp/cVtUvqh4D4ddnr9Impv4i h/hjsLY5EYgU+K9ebvh+i1Zp9VeT9Nnb5XRU519Bg7Xj8gU5DQvZnlMvbaQ3pg== Received: from ltc.des.dev (lfbn-nan-1-698-103.w86-236.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.236.35.103]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: des) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4f8q872B4Xz19Y5; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: by ltc.des.dev (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 30F79741FB; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:57:10 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Lionel Cons Cc: Freebsd hackers list Subject: Re: Implementing O_SYMLINK in FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: (Lionel Cons's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:14:00 +0100") References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:57:10 +0100 Message-ID: <86qzqt6hbd.fsf@ltc.des.dev> List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lionel Cons writes: > O_SYMLINK opens the symlink itself, and not the file it is referring > to. Correct. > If the name is not a symlink, the openat() will fail. Incorrect. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org