Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:14:00 +0100 From: Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com> To: Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Implementing O_SYMLINK in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CAPJSo4Xvp4rx3jOJSQWNaF2OqO5aM7GqQcfcsJE3Nc36fE2qVA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aYZuY2th1CXXAULX@kib.kiev.ua> References: <CAPJSo4VDAb5yPh%2BLV9qDgFPUisuTWk1DhB3boGPenrY3GJo2yQ@mail.gmail.com> <aYZuY2th1CXXAULX@kib.kiev.ua>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 23:43, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 09:09:18PM +0100, Lionel Cons wrote: > > Would it be possible to implement O_SYMLINK to open a symlink directly > > in FreeBSD? > What is the semantic, exactly? O_SYMLINK opens the symlink itself, and not the file it is referring to. If the name is not a symlink, the openat() will fail. This is similar to Win32 FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT. O_PATH is not much of an option, because the Linux definition is fuzzy at best, basically "save path in fd, and append it to whatever is used", which has gaping holes in terms of loopholes. O_PATH is only there because Linux HATES POSIX and didn't want to implement O_SEARCH. Lionelhome | help
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