Re: [RFC] correct flags to f_mode conversion in __dentry_open

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 05:59:52PM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> > does 11 really mean and should it really always be mapped to (FMODE_READ
> > | FMODE_WRITE) or should it continue to get mapped to 'no permission?'
> 
> We've always mapped 3 to "no permission" to read or write. It's a linuxism

I've tripped over this recently aswell.  It would for sure be useful
to add a sumbolic O_FOO constant for this magic value '3' and document
it in the manpage.
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