Re: [PATCH v2 resend] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sat Nov 07 2009 - 12:59:02 EST


Hi!

> > > I'm more and more convinced, that the current behavior is the right
> > > one.
> >
> > I think the 15 or so years we have had the current behavior without
> > problems is persuasive.
> >
> > I think it is an interesting puzzle on how to get dup instead of
> > reopen as there are cases where that could be useful behavior as well.
>
> Probably doable with ptrace().

Confused, where does ptrace fit the picture?
Pavel
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