git: 428da7d65b1c - main - Add O_SYMLINK emulation
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Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 14:54:43 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=428da7d65b1c41c81a8786f66c1ce2f4242ac8bb
commit 428da7d65b1c41c81a8786f66c1ce2f4242ac8bb
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-20 20:02:13 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-05-10 14:53:20 +0000
Add O_SYMLINK emulation
for MacOSX partial compatibility, defined as O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW.
fstat(2) and freadlink(3) works on the resulting file descriptors,
but reads on the regular file do not.
More complete but more hackish version was developed but deemed too
hackish.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56365
---
sys/sys/fcntl.h | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys/sys/fcntl.h b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
index 0b13241f0ee3..80cbca4ea753 100644
--- a/sys/sys/fcntl.h
+++ b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ typedef __pid_t pid_t;
#define O_EMPTY_PATH 0x02000000
#define O_NAMEDATTR 0x04000000 /* NFSv4 named attributes */
#define O_XATTR O_NAMEDATTR /* Solaris compatibility */
+
+/*
+ * Emulate MacOSX compatibility flag without consuming a flags bit.
+ * It is not fully correct since reads over regular files opened with
+ * this definition fail.
+ */
+#define O_SYMLINK (O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW)
#endif
#if __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 202405