From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Fri May 15 14:48:30 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA932F74B2; Fri, 15 May 2020 14:48:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from tfm.com (mtbaker.tfm.com [192.231.224.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.tfm.com", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49NrrF1fcJz3RDP; Fri, 15 May 2020 14:48:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from night.db.net (DB-DSL.ServerNorth.com [98.124.61.131]) (authenticated bits=0) by tfm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 04FEmHt5000390 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 15 May 2020 07:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 10:48:15 -0400 From: Diane Bruce To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= , Arne Steinkamm , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Disallowing read() of a directory fd Message-ID: <20200515144815.GA8265@night.db.net> References: <202005151247.04FClhsD086497@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202005151247.04FClhsD086497@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49NrrF1fcJz3RDP X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of db@db.net has no SPF policy when checking 192.231.224.2) smtp.mailfrom=db@db.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.53 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.94)[-0.943,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.88)[-0.879,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[db.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:10488, ipnet:192.231.224.0/22, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(-0.61)[ip: (-1.59), ipnet: 192.231.224.0/22(-0.79), asn: 10488(-0.63), country: US(-0.05)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 14:48:30 -0000 On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 05:47:43AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Am 15.05.20 um 03:12 schrieb Arne Steinkamm: ... > > >>>> Worth noting is that there's not really one largely-compelling reasons > > >>>> to switch this after so many years (unless you find yourself that > > >>>> irate when you accidentally `cat` a directory), but there are some > > >>>> benefits which are briefly discussed in the commentary around the > > >>>> review along with the history of the current behavior. All I have to say on this noisy bikeshed is, let's resurrect the mkdir bug of V7 because it's tradition and the BSD way and history and stuff. (I only expect a few of you to remember this one.) Diane -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db