open.2: stop making impression that fd must be directory
Reviewed by: des, rmacklem Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation MFC after: 3 days Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55302
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@@ -72,11 +72,18 @@ function is equivalent to the
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.Fn open
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function except in the case where the
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.Fa path
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specifies a relative path.
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specifies a relative path or the
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.Va O_EMPTY_PATH
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flag is specified.
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For
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.Fn openat
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and relative
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.Fa path ,
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when
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.Fa fd
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references directory and without the
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.Va O_EMPTY_PATH
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flag,
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the file to be opened is determined relative to the directory
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associated with the file descriptor
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.Fa fd
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@@ -104,6 +111,14 @@ it ignores the
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.Fa fd
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argument.
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.Pp
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When
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.Fn openat
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is called with the
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.Fa fd
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argument that does not reference a directory, the call fails unless
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.Va O_EMPTY_PATH
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flag is specified, see below.
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.Pp
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In
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.Xr capsicum 4
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capability mode,
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@@ -421,9 +436,11 @@ by the descriptor at the time of the
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call.
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.Pp
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.Dv O_PATH
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returns a file descriptor that can be used as a directory file descriptor for
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returns a file descriptor that can be used as the first argument for
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.Fn openat
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and other system calls taking a file descriptor argument, like
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and other filesystem-related system calls collectively named
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.Fn *at
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taking a file descriptor argument, like
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.Xr fstatat 2
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and others.
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The other functionality of the returned file descriptor is limited to
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