Re: [PATCH 0/4] uapi, vfs: Change the mount API UAPI [ver #2]

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu May 16 2019 - 12:25:04 EST


On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:52:04PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
>
> Hi Linus, Al,
>
> Here are some patches that make changes to the mount API UAPI and two of
> them really need applying, before -rc1 - if they're going to be applied at
> all.

I'm fine with 2--4, but I'm not convinced that cloexec-by-default crusade
makes any sense. Could somebody give coherent arguments in favour of
abandoning the existing conventions?