16327 2026-06-19 09:17:12 +0000 Handle new openat2 flags in pseudo 2026-06-25 14:40:06 +0000 1 1 6 Yocto Project Subprojects Pseudo pseudo unspecified x86 Multiple NEW Medium normal 6.1 1 paul mark.hatle tim.orling yp.pseudo.watcher yp.watcher --- --- Don't know oldest_to_newest 105956 0 paul 2026-06-19 09:17:12 +0000 This is very much **not urgent**, but capturing it now that I've seen it. According to LWN (https://lwn.net/Articles/1078068/), Linux 7.2 will include: - The openat2() system call supports a new flag called O_EMPTYPATH. It exists for a specific purpose: to allow a process to reopen an O_PATH file descriptor to gain access to the file behind it. With O_EMPTYPATH, an empty path name can be given to openat2(), and the given file descriptor will be used to find the file to (re)open. - Also new to openat2() is the OPENAT2_REGULAR flag, which will cause an open to fail if the target is not a regular file. The return code in the failure case is a new (to Linux) one: EFTYPE. This flag is meant to be a hardening feature to prevent programs from being manipulated into opening special files.