63ff822358
We currently make some guesses as when to open this fd, but in reality we have no business (or need) to do so at all. In fact, it makes certain things fail, like O_PATH. Remove the fd lookup from these opcodes, we're just passing the 'fd' to generic helpers anyway. With that, we can also remove the special casing of fd values in io_req_needs_file(), and the 'fd_non_neg' check that we have. And we can ensure that we only read sqe->fd once. This fixes O_PATH usage with openat/openat2, and ditto statx path side oddities. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org: # v5.6 Reported-by: Max Kellermann <mk@cm4all.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.