Re: [PATCH 24/32] vfs: syscall: Add fsopen() to prepare for superblock creation [ver #9]

[Andy Lutomirski]

> On Jul 13, 2018, at 6:27 AM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Whilst I'm at it, do we want the option of doing the equivalent of mountat()?
> I.e. offering the option to open all the device files used by a superblock
> with dfd and AT_* flags in combination with the filename?
> 

Isnât that more or less what I was suggesting?  I suggested dfd and path and I also suggested just an fd and letting the caller open the file itself.

> David