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From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] uapi, vfs: Change the mount API UAPI [ver #2]
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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?