[Devel] O_NONBLOCK for directory

[Kir Kolyshkin]

On 04/14/2016 10:30 PM, gremlin at gremlin.ru wrote:
> On 2016-04-14 15:35:09 -0700, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>
>   > 2. What's the reason for adding O_DIRECTORY? Ideally, the
>   > changelog should say why we're doing it, not what we do
>   > (as it's pretty clear from the patch itself).
>
> Scriptum est:
>
> O_DIRECTORY
>    If pathname is not a directory, cause the open to fail.

I am well aware of what O_DIRECTORY flag does.
My question is what was the reason for adding it.

Kir