Re: Landlock and O_PATH

S.M Mukarram Nainar <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:28:17 -0500
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.landlock
Message-ID <87pmne4mmm.fsf@bentou.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
> Landlock is designed to be backward and forward compatible just to avoid 
> this kind of issue. An application being restricted with a set of access 
> right will not automatically get new ones with a newer kernel: action 
> handling is explicit (see ruleset's handled_access_fs). I'm extending 
> the documentation with this specific subject: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Yeah, I understand that. Thanks for clarifying the documentation. But I
guess my question is then: Can it be assumed that the behavior of any
given flag will never change? I think that earlier I was assuming that
O_PATH would go under FS_READ_DIR in the future, but I guess that is not
the case?

Thanks,
Mukarram